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201405230132 269yzf

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
269yzf
Title
201405230132 → 2014-05-23 01:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-23 05:33:00
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 01:32 against posted 05:33 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
528 hex characters · 264 bytes
N from length
8 (64·N + 16 = 528)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
86 · predicted N = 8 ✓
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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

7f4e0baf3a736acf88321bb695073e7f 578a1e3369b200b5dc49602965cbbc2a f1ca65e576f0383baad13bf30e269330 338a75a35bfe6293ffb7ad3dbb880b18 9ed3bd35ee343e7de519ac6de2c1c9df 28a8effcada368035785746cbc34eef0 2d3fbe0f7edcf9fdd054af8b87987c07 62eb1c80ca13aecf6d6d3d5ca69a9e54 83bbd5a78d7e3738e805db43ac88a7f8 d497ffc5529a2424db420d0c74f936f2 f3a794e05b49ce8eba4a1a0d90081f7e dbe52ad7307e1cf05480dd6ed2779866 3de9e1a2d7b1bf8698cbc8805fd0bb40 2417ef8aea623f850e935b4ffeb9fe21 34e2959e2972988daafbca003817d2a0 8fac486771c094479c8c585ef0f60d02 9e5bc7553b8a9a83 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 528 hex characters = 64 × 8 + 16, i.e. N = 8 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 86 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 8; the post has N = 8 ✓. 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.