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201405021129 24j5rs

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
24j5rs
Title
201405021129 → 2014-05-02 11:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-02 10:29:45
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 11:29 against posted 10:29 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
388 · 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
0 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

6f4c03b00fb09bd08be3acb811bd1746 fbd1fcbe65db77a8e83437216ebc3e17 2b74899ca0cd698ad2c20308f60a2327 c41ce31ac52dc4527c6a485883af1f99 1988e7f0b8ad56bdd6d2d71d61c35064 a0447172999773672a9f1083bf27a256 26fbd3b86b5102ac9c95671ffc0985de f31be2e47fb80b77793f0eef3dba583b b5c2d6c33e7bb10152f4f277901bdb3e 41c16b0eed17ab6dc3d2030eb76e6734 06740daa62764c169b9e33e6a127be97 bec9b73a1b5ae6cda111276f7eee7f85 e16974eb11211a5d 

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 388 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.