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201404261429 2411uz

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
2411uz
Title
201404261429 → 2014-04-26 14:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-26 13:29:51
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 14:29 against posted 13:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
247 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

05688c5b46cb6d6d7f68b40db7c1df42 024ab24a92841b886025073dfe9f6d24 44348fea1c50f3439851ef19b0441bd5 56ab64cd3488da64b535491d896bc765 380b2350855a6db5eec7f1c664789e2f e6f4937d4e512cbc930b1f8abb26381a 84ab291330568c12 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 247 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.