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201405150946 25lyxv

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
25lyxv
Title
201405150946 → 2014-05-15 09:46 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-15 07:47:00
Timezone
UTC+2 · title 09:46 against posted 07:47 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046) (seed)
Draw
57 · predicted N = 9 ✓
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
15 · 7
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e2a3d1d288151b4408824bfc35f0d65e 5a6eb05ec1f499c5e738a10b498a6822 38253e22fe1489169aa01a7e3137d295 cdbbd53995b9e86f700965f985ecd099 22368a69e80cb7c052182e4053ed2cba 6f982f96acb8ced7c089f019e5b70dcb adbe2f6e09d1554d19bef74a9162887e 61f94b6c81c1b9fe721c638bbdb7aa36 d80e018e3cf779b5698943bcb469e1a6 1474da0e104f1c1041cc881dcb4ec309 201ca8645d24426a51dcc8c270ff32c3 430dcc625e953e2d69ade48806844c7d 9421a70db46b12543ebdc1d649b08e5b 6257c738fc62c752f2027c09d85c3230 1d318a409fc7aba4c6cf1d9f7b7c8366 29a1cfe143a7833a4e6f19d538d40e46 c39fe0c2d175f3182e526c1de48fe667 5bc0dec7a143bd85ba8639da637d7306 8210d4a3ba372e74 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 592 hex characters = 64 × 9 + 16, i.e. N = 9 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 57 of Run 63 (seed 1,506,676,046): new Random(1506676046), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 9; the post has N = 9 ✓. 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.