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201404272329 244zai

inferred encrypted filler

N=15

Metadata

Post ID
244zai
Title
201404272329 → 2014-04-27 23:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-04-27 22:29:49
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 23:29 against posted 22:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
976 hex characters · 488 bytes
N from length
15 (64·N + 16 = 976)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
280 · predicted N = 15 ✓
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
7 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

10cc586e455f0a9eb02ff59c358f9a12 8d4a64f06a616c070fcc8d8b0b6af75d ab65d22ee5ddba15dfe720aa7e00bbad 4922af6df1479ecafe1b143073ad6099 eedba8c0e2fd740fb6eeb20e707cf236 5cd369e39d20e8de130d0c93d773cfb5 19a782c092918ffab9ea33e36b02b2c3 2862add4b1a2c388740ff2cee1cca63a 187a51bfafdfbc7daaa9b0e6a84f2961 108fe8b4eb7a6ed4fa60920e30e0214b df14a23dbd67afb00a23747ad3e8d5a2 6d51b68f4c88a55d301cfe42219431c6 438a8d987230ec406cdb940bbaa31058 70c288f5c13c19e14362246ebf3b32f4 ac29457a03ec63cacefb13bfb7027f78 9c1b879cec22dacf547f478a1eae2fe1 577754a2fced7f1405e257db6d3311de e43d0fc0251ed916c60fe63a732f36c5 16066e0de6205221197eb699a0220f0a 56abaa2836d474b192a833c1274cebd8 fd150cc28c8c4dc7121030afead9092d 3b525c75356ee07e56b107a9e8110f72 4ee4dd5c6fa5009d3588f8e1856fd9af 7e1177e33c4db55bcfdc197ce7e0e825 cb2aebea70b633bbb1fbd66b7694e62c d7d4435fdc5fc4a74359b44cc905a50c 3caa5f274983a3159aa1a20398685deb f87d9f9abc4d3bfab19d2ca95b8deb2d 39617b6dac045c319661bee7f01ed54f 0570d0f936c1d9964e1a84aeaaedc68e a77baa3630b6ec70 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 976 hex characters = 64 × 15 + 16, i.e. N = 15 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 280 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 15; the post has N = 15 ✓. 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.