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201405012329 24hsrb

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
24hsrb
Title
201405012329 → 2014-05-01 23:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-01 22:29:45
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
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 62 (seed 507,820,296) (seed)
Draw
376 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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
8 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

74e9a62d9d471bdce0c12178027a0844 5ac9a2fb4b07a0ac197bc69f2e799646 3b04ead453426563d07b8de4255ee866 c7d50f6071c11c0cf98e6150ee30aaa1 798f6ea1957c99d1a181909012b7a878 5edb3aac0271b0f8fe8b5ec466de8ea5 32040dbff2afe991862906e4afb7f50e 03db03d1ac472abb89c59d76c15f4b47 eda0667baa87339236f97c7daf0cd44e a6a3223450669050e734aeba55bba999 54294e39ed750279b265012189d819fb 3daeb149ef8ca5edac6a9394899a8eca 317969eadeedeba6 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 376 of Run 62 (seed 507,820,296): new Random(507820296), Next(0,55) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.