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201405200933 2611c7

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
2611c7
Title
201405200933 → 2014-05-20 09:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-20 13:33:03
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 09:33 against posted 13:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
22 · predicted N = 4 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

cc436880ecf39808166fc44936de41e2 8c23e56cb9d1c20ea85b06c45e509d32 31afdd3f606befc02675f0a2d7784081 be6cd191ddfac52c9a6e2f6a33a50675 825d70885ebc9e818c278055255a41d8 fb8e523a1113d8b51955ea5bb5ae0c0a 4b5f474e3a3e8e9642b73f8c98c41c26 d90a6d3d6f7e1291229abad885d4bb88 58dec1c493763a0f 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 272 hex characters = 64 × 4 + 16, i.e. N = 4 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 22 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 4; the post has N = 4 ✓. 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.