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201405142035 25k3za

inferred encrypted filler

N=29

Metadata

Post ID
25k3za
Title
201405142035 → 2014-05-14 20:35 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-14 18:35:00
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 20:35 against posted 18:35 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,872 hex characters · 936 bytes
N from length
29 (64·N + 16 = 1872)
Run
Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046) (seed)
Draw
45 · predicted N = 29 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9f8f92ef482e84fa55af917be1504c3e f93c4e439ce2706a0793cf53f141c800 9afedf47a420fc9698fdf89fcb28c643 39f0e1dd8832e7420fd11583e61037b7 e2556ae2a1c4c6a434829f5319bca043 1fdfb46e100d355dc5fd1f8f4be5d134 7c4b46869a7b98ad1e35d367680acab6 d5bbddf9328545463259b879eb5267d1 527b254b69a45972343e65b6866ecec1 c211bafa17f5c7f6f32c1f0980caff89 812e10e7cb0596490b55a661b0f2d5c2 4c362342be1f7b1fd2191e653e979ccd 2aef4aa14662dfe5d5e4bf84d7fd6884 0d3059438211fbe1e1ecf1baf564f409 587453bd64781afd406ac5ff77c9fb9c 77bd10e2ed6825c883459552be085fbb b71ace82cd7a15ae096804327a91ef45 b2f19edeaa331be70019cf6ea2b45711 eba8eac0f8a8c9456639c4f7b124e634 c763d5231430659dc90bd42732ecbfe0 2708a602c8b2271f54151a4fdaa9f0d4 44f7b8d5b6a0acea51160bb4f0e4a081 1156ba5d870ee24378378cbc526e0a4d 056979033a0428193147699b5740c1dc d797527dcd2b9bc3ebf105b7e0e71156 348d4c4347b8aa270ea208a343e87e4b c285f79ce5af313755741f79be9e8a0f 1112da3ce8690b6d80c4c8c4e80b634d 81295fcc9eebe805a7ee65106b02b4ce 2327b27a06e8105f28781b4d6759bd23 cf6b12c557c60675c98cb6d8363fa6f0 a96fc06202d90a9a379984d578e36ed6 46868dd7009d733dc57ccb9b443735c1 a63a71e95c58b0cb4f2af6a5a0d9862f bb369c5ea5858bb0c87b408bff41f4d8 4f7f2b73733a5f28f80a02c623d14bf6 6e2b575011895ef5c870577d6927bd34 06bbd6c5904171eab5071629b90da9d8 887e3ee7c623616619f3d066e9d077de ba36b527cb1800e0657b18a9e472bcc8 12e7ddf99bd900c5a2df636cd617b92a 78e7332a6e10723edd492a96971893fe 9ca941b534c58f0c5693296b790ed9ec a7ee307ee65f37b742ea302a8dd73537 92a1d5c6906dc6d9501a696864e6f93c a02c08f0921d416826fdf9021e24745b a0451522261c0f6ac39a94773162da92 58cb82aaabf7c77a07dac85136899690 9d2b9c70cf1e8339b0a5ea422caa7ca8 6fe07b0c66b023718ad47f0f56353535 6909257a7e93844d8d2208470002e985 16825514e42f6767650d1b3ab1192b6c d1e4be9692c64706f1916b8b4d6df7f8 4d9a28ec099caae620ee8f80427e2a9b fc195ba01395b6abd8abd1f95edc70d3 2fc8ffe7db6570f2c87c5aae69f547d9 2ce8a36b948780d4f38790ac059c25a8 ec1023ac0192d27a3f74c63ed20cdf77 c1b04261731fbc05 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,872 hex characters = 64 × 29 + 16, i.e. N = 29 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 45 of Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046): new Random(1506676046), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 29; the post has N = 29 ✓. 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.