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201405212233 266cf2

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
266cf2
Title
201405212233 → 2014-05-21 22:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-22 02:33:01
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 22:33 against posted 02:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
59 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
9 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

f5cbccee9e1598eeb59427ee05893eac e0816174e6db32638d2ec417253c0860 34074cb28c8b224b6588f3682da2af43 494110955dde77506e29d7a4b1b6a42a d1d2df50f1c9244423e899508c9efa51 bb19b71daa120f823eb5095bd43b2063 440e5d5c4bf70f61 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 59 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.