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201405132023 25gvlp

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
25gvlp
Title
201405132023 → 2014-05-13 20:23 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-13 18:23:01
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 20:23 against posted 18:23 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 63 (seed 1,506,676,046) (seed)
Draw
23 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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
14 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c4ee5dd004df9893f0d12c32ce9708e5 fd1f4ee741ddd790ed625aa5a98e245e cefb3ab89b181c2fdf01cb2b966413ed 3a51388e837e1c9e2006739b2836ee2d bab6450dcc3bf1c65666ba984bc03a4e ede7296afacd0f9a00a4c3fa407bdc38 e4ff9fda069ab8dac16e04e1c47129f7 4074925e284bf2f086f926a4db8548ba a84c34968c71e841155b9baddf00f3e2 1960b0cecd3b684f0e34d54d662a4396 07cede12596b182715eafbc21dd0df1a fc11b7b382ce8d2514a9edba87ba1251 f50011330625055c 

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 23 of Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046): new Random(1506676046), Next(0,33) 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 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.