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201404271329 243mky

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
243mky
Title
201404271329 → 2014-04-27 13:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-27 12:29:50
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 13:29 against posted 12:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
270 · predicted N = 10 ✓
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
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9fee27d8bcb54de392a4d817b1df4894 f940fc00e0ec769d91ce63c1fdbe23c4 aa7164b0c2674d463e4a7edc8770c053 8be0b6c41ee2cc715f033fb329c4b52a d5dbc0adbf6c237cf499bd0caaa44b74 bf073ab68d150279494f1940c2a510d7 78aafd8e653a3858b5467166e1e79499 5da6585d838431c4849559af0264679f cd08ed56e6472322d9968b8fa12fc64c 4295dbfebff1b5102e21e5deb4a5fe37 2be1ce23450482aa053f6c249504b1bf d56f44d6ff4a27811ed3fc8a216882e2 ea6041c6d22166b80f8af0ca13a7c7a1 beb7ba8f00ebeaceb56bbfe24da04860 71edc0469e9f201a19a3f0a564e0f9ee 4f4d6e2c11b69705c6ca695df3ff4650 bd336ca3efa755867612cccf2dfc8c9e 13c837fecb789afc0e2d512b7f7a5354 cc79b55acbeca05f8fb8bdb9bab6b079 4e831ab0ad3670a474f6afd013112792 0e24936601586bb2 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 270 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. 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.