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201405200133 260avc

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
260avc
Title
201405200133 → 2014-05-20 01:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-20 05:33:03
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 01:33 against posted 05:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
14 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

6bd7f6d61160e05d9d3808eadadc1354 266b02c1f8fcb0dee08b7a8b89f4e7e3 ebdcb69a07f9e13e3abb8e2fccf3d07f 0eb268848953911d95536bfd36ee9a36 e87e2601cb10612c 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 14 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.