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201405211633 265es2

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
265es2
Title
201405211633 → 2014-05-21 16:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-21 20:33:02
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 16:33 against posted 20:33 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
53 · 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
10 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a418dfa85156db48f964f3fc8fad8272 93e1f754ca00d234653f104dee979e99 9667dcf6a83bcf8dc831202181cd4464 318e67a19519aa78b960dc24c93cfc11 2e70cda39c7455b475282d8107681c34 d7c0f6c8bcda82bbec9caf060cc6a636 7051e2e1b128af04305009e61a8413d5 1ccd010ad41661717654005536896bf1 202ebcd6a1b850471b88e5550b9659ad afb1249726e1404692b7b446242a67e6 469d47905d903cb604cf4f8576c49fdc 5ed77f8378a087f2e9e2cdc958aa40f5 23795d2f98ca85ee1069f5050f9351c4 fc793ede1aed8cd473b1dd721d9ad36e ea67e6c39c3354075f5b0337f53b9a1b 10bab270cea971fc1318653ac56e3813 75de8b9c562d24bfa1415d1a7f488650 e6f388299d4a822366624d24ca9b955b 89562cc7a0e48582 

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 53 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.