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201405011529 24gh7e

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
24gh7e
Title
201405011529 → 2014-05-01 15:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-01 14:29:45
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
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
368 · 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
14 · 3
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

ca641b8231330f677e5ab559d792bb0e 01dfd68127b7559bb111aaceb4285e41 9f6fe51561ed3cfbe5e55356d03e36ac c50901b396a4e3ec58d777cfb75a0917 c07882f259c8d37f 

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 368 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.