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201405211833 265qvw

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
265qvw
Title
201405211833 → 2014-05-21 18:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-21 22:33:01
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 18:33 against posted 22:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
55 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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)

2929581079ba5417522d3134e4d81d3d 8a9e59cd53bcbaed914a8285608ee2b4 9c64a3a6992bc5b5a065af64f35636d9 2d512fa2b68c4ac61ac306fa394d4dba e46cd897b161766cb67b7e118cbdda1e b77eaa137e28f748a6888f7932d97ea3 5e439eddee00720145e8b4ec5fcdd65f d8162e33dd4d7599e73ab9288306eb2b 81bacfde8459ccc6353ce5e2170d92d7 1f2fe0c62d7cdd96e2b0fb92c73bf5d0 1057e064ca44835bc7feb326ad26775d 0cab925a4009aa9eef11d7d06ff718fe 04a5f4fe114aeaa4 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 55 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.