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201404231329 23rgej

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
23rgej
Title
201404231329 → 2014-04-23 13:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-23 12:29:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 13:29 against posted 12:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
174 · predicted N = 5 ✓
Machine boot
2014-04-10 09:27–10:27 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

48bf202652078c6163f4af761f93c010 237c6cb82d7b9b8f68a9d333a1093a50 3f3f31e607483b5bbcd32363a2bd50a0 d62750ad14c2461ba0aef024f446cb4c 1cef9c42d4b005c1e925b85235e07c9c 5b0e90e64c92821daa026c5451524929 4e63c8c3bf5b52e2b2ed788acfe7a591 f543e95777297501c05142305543701a 1ac3e3453a0ce06aa684a5a6c2501ba6 fee7acd233f0e0578f6ef847aba3c154 5099fb68e66bf17b 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
  2. Key unknown. The post-cutover key (2013-10-16 onwards) has not been found, so the GUIDs themselves cannot be read. Everything else about the post is accounted for.
  3. Explain the count. This post is draw 174 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-04-10 09:27–10:27).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.