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201404261529 2415l0

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
2415l0
Title
201404261529 → 2014-04-26 15:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-26 14:29:51
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 15:29 against posted 14:29 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
248 · 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
14 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

bc440d152601dee8307799c0f9f1f075 26129ee327e861df2442f7e0a76a4bd8 01ab78813b0aa5cd402e2b776c60776c af9b182d57dd441c4356ee4139ab106f c676ed8695cf0fb84ae5c0f769afc519 35f3921fef47471315fea04c30d46bed 0eae4aa7c00237a8e3efab318f82f074 a0ea4730eac0e4c861fd75fe9624206a 0ebdf483ba2b9e0e223ee2421817f076 f4c13ca67f311950a96640449b474b92 4bd0f3f5da31d8410aacf57eb6936a66 0872b8dafe4c8b8405b0b0b9be04c771 532f2a7fd4d25fd28bd339de0b339d83 cfc151ff2066340a838ad4b849ad085d 3e8563d60c01bdbf11ec2541ab9e513c 733fcd073d5fbc9203a25d12b5609d99 50fb9f8070038fcf728cd47f8d03b4d8 e826a430d31d57de9d57eafef6d284f1 b20464949fd20a81 

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 248 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.