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201404251029 23xt0r

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
23xt0r
Title
201404251029 → 2014-04-25 10:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-25 09:29:52
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 10:29 against posted 09:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
219 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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
1 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

b1fd8dc3c23ca17f2c6e79cbda565052 6fb28758e0856f5cb5101a53c20c56c2 75a97a8407bd33339ed329c71a986e3e 156f9e6d5610695f91ab3a4f963d1a0b 8597f50ab3f00984c36f7a3215b7a7fe 1457c5a6bcb79069f7687ae2831c067d 53e78574e948ef586249ece16ec285f3 2672632d1041df05d6b207e280a9709d fa7fee8300138103f713ce7fa653ec40 58fb1a741fecc50f4b8827210de0f00e 3f2b8a33c5422b29ea2b90de9bb145c4 0da6f69a7ec028fdf2d4dfd633b1acab d0493c10db7ac224 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 219 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.