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201404250229 23wxgi

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
23wxgi
Title
201404250229 → 2014-04-25 02:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-25 01:29:53
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 02:29 against posted 01:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
211 · predicted N = 9 ✓
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
2 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

8c00f3fc3107c49aafe2e202479fd5f4 b0aecb233f77724a6021d9143b7e783a 926e10ed0b0492b50023705082d7ee8c 5badd9f7ba4eeb5d82a6c2b138b85922 bdbf2b33d41ed3b3560791add6427c70 512d0335fe08a2dd1a26094836740379 48094ef59cedd614af521d954aa8ff1b d33fb5fe5a8139ef6ab52164a595a3db 102cea26025ed65293d63996bad40f96 5051aef582b8247d751078b7f149fe53 a06db8620aa67715bc1460266a56ec34 a07d1bca89577f236d83ba508025bd7a 464dea40c1e5a16653f8514ba4e7d04c 737843454119f7f9e949fab1a1f8ca76 882416db791f9260e6dbbcf9ea4f6de0 2ecb32c79036d5bddbb9cb75c163b93e 3dc53ddc79de254fae2ef5f4f0da33a0 eba9c13b1a284973d00fa3407a076ebf 49f4619052c46f67 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 592 hex characters = 64 × 9 + 16, i.e. N = 9 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 211 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 9; the post has N = 9 ✓. 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.