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201405130605 25f7ra

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
25f7ra
Title
201405130605 → 2014-05-13 06:05 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-13 04:05:02
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 06:05 against posted 04:05 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046) (seed)
Draw
10 · predicted N = 3 ✓
Machine boot
F 2014-04-10 10:33–11:39 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

b2a26fd0ed7091674f5c14a8f560a82b d25854f23ddedde1a834c9713271221a 50f078ebc640b9c4aa75e70176d96df2 aac3c7f403e09360ec8c7836d6c4afe6 4a5bf8550891befa0f93f237704d96c7 9489890a5d8c8934f8aaf6f9ed5936ed 4aba29b25101f5c1 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 10 of Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046): new Random(1506676046), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot F 2014-04-10 10:33–11:39).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.