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201405191233 25yaes

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
25yaes
Title
201405191233 → 2014-05-19 12:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-19 16:33:04
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 12:33 against posted 16:33 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 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
1 · predicted N = 3 ✓
Machine boot
2014-05-15 09:35–10:35 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
11 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

ffba999ed93737383616fe17a9f054bb 2913ec70a994918692b056cfd27b6768 6ca6200997a04f9e0b02d8390cb6c9e8 ff678495eb7065f01630c474a33334de c6c15d29038b6c0d1a8582ce5ee1388a 76f5482369d33ecef9e982f5167b6c94 aeca0e32542cbe5f 

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 1 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), 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 2014-05-15 09:35–10:35).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.