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201405221832 268zs1

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
268zs1
Title
201405221832 → 2014-05-22 18:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-22 22:33:00
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 18:32 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
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
79 · 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
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

53449d12a5d664a9e5d4ada023af97e0 28559d5477bc6d7b2ba35615ba36d02c 9cbb89dc1653768c1f176a511db934d6 53aa747a40b1db29c1b82dea1d7c7f70 cb31996173c795e667c503ddb8f51502 db54a984bd38cfedef61bcde2ec84e0a c63fb3f0928e7dcfe690c32cf71024e4 b3accebfcee682290a38da8bee4fbb6f 10e5083f9b8367bdb82352f0006fd87d acb47f3c9bbb82161cbd91ac11140218 d4f2aacf24cefa94e195043fea294dd0 b9f4693392e034f0bff1d5ea00715c1d 311c52223021a37d50c0c135bca4bb73 0556d257227b9a6760e850f8efccd61a 426e1d20c8afe2164630ba5753e0eebd 819e86fd85a75986e6ee34b3188fe7c2 705f5ea450b799579bcc446e66a9ec6f d44becdb399e9512d429f207c7fb6ffe 8c4761c78351f063 

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 79 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.