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201404250329 23x2z7

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
23x2z7
Title
201404250329 → 2014-04-25 03:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-25 02:29:53
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 03:29 against posted 02:29 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
212 · 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
2 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

94819edd3e2272ef467e8eee4c061cc5 d1a39d590589766bbb4e77c9951b3f5c 47a19fb2a9c069427fdd4654a29e6f70 35d6a3ff89883140534e2a12eb54baf1 b482619e5c0f5d900effd1703ac56c5e e4d5590acab9effee0aec64ae0dc2546 48e5423651cef2620bd4267918004b7f abbee1d7d9d6d9a7198ae034fad4ff4e cac8427dbd4e38b0fdc0d385a2709f67 20551a3eacba25ee92090a74177a4369 d07b2a01c6890785 

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 212 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.