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201405150734 25ls09

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
25ls09
Title
201405150734 → 2014-05-15 07:34 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-15 05:35:01
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 07:34 against posted 05:35 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
55 · 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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

b7e051e76ed2a720af8185859cc5b39f 217384f620a3afc7d253876eac3c7f51 aa7bfdb25c204de857ef1a3f9dc1b152 ce4c0d389e7a83cd555c1ceefe0e9d43 8b9084091c3977cca9e45923e8c07ac0 513f6efe605e58e6e98fabf3cfae6b25 a1260f31b0baf81f18f8cabd3a913d6c 9e6a5fc51242338feacab6448eb1c625 010ec2ea2ef42e68a71ba0d62dded5be 8235b881f041b5a1ebfb939ae7b060d1 2611c62d549a543f6fd3d3585985a5ab dc73532a3bb49a9b05036ad4db39b01b 3ab53655e59e017d 

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 55 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.