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201405201433 261uhj

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
261uhj
Title
201405201433 → 2014-05-20 14:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-20 18:33:02
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 14:33 against posted 18:33 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 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
27 · predicted N = 9 ✓
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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

05f99f6638e17770b48be8595ce5c839 b4707d1c7f0f07ff69536641a322d577 4093b6c1d551106d9bdad285eb1ad687 d3af54f17b0bab476fcf41beef11b398 5d9ea82d8f127154193033d7c166ed60 f483acef663b9bf3ec55b4877d7ceaed 8b8911efb8ec2bd1f3c447b40c99361f 040aa49530ffa79d8676ea3964281bbb 50db53cb02382df266461980efa1acfe 80ef1444c4ac0bf811e5ea8ab35047fd fc3ff7be70e10dd1af781a904341ea99 258d02db01b54eff55125f22fd719b6f 17fe7abb88571fc113262bfbae470a27 9240a3727c09b75c1ae131eaefc1901b 08dd3defc8249a5a24e8cc9cb8b483ee 7655f5f50508f8471eee4e4ec723da4e 94c3388aa3dc0c83b8121de2dde9ce86 3707c498338ad0d0607eb6d179772f18 d9b5f943b37d7196 

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 27 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), 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 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.