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201405212333 266hlk

inferred encrypted filler

N=11

Metadata

Post ID
266hlk
Title
201405212333 → 2014-05-21 23:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-22 03:33:01
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 23:33 against posted 03:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
720 hex characters · 360 bytes
N from length
11 (64·N + 16 = 720)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
60 · predicted N = 11 ✓
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
7 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

25587a0a568e83235c45b8697b598794 9d15bcde161e998562b231071ed14dad bea207c301c159e031534e7bcbf655cd 11d250cc86e7bf56e21eb41a9616b87d 579552440485d703cb1163f3bd6e6f29 6e0c01fc03d06670d089c148c0a52785 c87ea1a2da9bf005bd4d59a65076edb3 878995324a7e61350dc4ad0fe9a990ec 8df6d4423a615477a6da7097913fbef8 01dace5346abd2aaae3726c28c8335ab 0b2180c2f57f61f5136689cd8afbb546 7916572d1fa276cc96f316b15095cbe9 795bd0128169256d6774f528c5e22c5e 2ccf5b5359515fde8661769c43ebea57 58dec034351001aa7da3950dc67b333c 29be3f33deaa6dba9e66132d2ace0a96 ad74a398771645100f8c2450723c4b7d b231184d80ff1eb18cc42196f0fc5c72 a9d6eb7dadeda9a778daacfcb1b62394 03795f26dad09e37d6565924321dcef1 14cd7ec10b4d510b49991f74b76dfa61 265bc1aef4d074d16a5200796f19a26d 8b470851efecd4ab 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 720 hex characters = 64 × 11 + 16, i.e. N = 11 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 60 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 11; the post has N = 11 ✓. 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.