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201405011429 24gcc9

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
24gcc9
Title
201405011429 → 2014-05-01 14:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-01 13:29:45
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
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
367 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

54e4b2a2b0b1ce1f3ebb1bd357c93ccf 54cb825efe79276ad51672a6881636a2 484227f0fc6b347b851f84e19922a41b 5504de67a3953e02efb5c1e2c02033e1 995f56f994311c60 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 367 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.