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201405220933 267h5y

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
267h5y
Title
201405220933 → 2014-05-22 09:33 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-22 13:33:00
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 09:33 against posted 13:33 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
70 · 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)

ba166f56b4b2f503d232b6de2144b8d9 7f06e750bb606d046f1a96efa67e616a 32da14bedbe823d856f9bc98539ab0c7 9bed93520b51e9b17cbff330e10694ec 4bf5ca5808ebd9380898bfec03fa5924 13615c1f5e44047f662aac2e4102cb6b 53e420387beeb4886de34b59e37e902a 5879c6002f8bd1db143e66172a32c768 ba2538ff732cb88bf1d9debeaa356ab1 17be01db159378038e5cf16460b42bc0 ff64a3de89a54da8ebe3e05d64b9cc61 d660b5c98985211aced142ad367e9671 fb5462af1f0af060 

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 70 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.