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201405230532 26ab5d

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
26ab5d
Title
201405230532 → 2014-05-23 05:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-23 09:32:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 05:32 against posted 09:32 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
90 · 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
5 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

fabe709c845c2cce3927a23d57593ccc 100451a1cffc0944ee5d87b949ff7cfb bb15c47b51d335bc1aadf3065467a745 1e0fdfb3ae84b49fe1db086daa3a9c11 46a823f208faf22389aaeb71cf036d2c 106ba0770cb507b38b58a7e57ca40b4e a309aea968f898e3730a246e97efae52 c2dcf7c70d8ea5bee698bb90c145fcfb 78f33e5c16f94dac9be7655eb7de7768 aad62dd211d9c3d5f7a847f1c1a07d81 9a6444bf2fe668e7cc4c10399988ea96 df31a9f057dc0dfe7ef72687f413a6bf e9c7146c01b920c4aef6c51df2bc47d9 db7af83a79fc886f7b00fcacec7f4303 aa47be11f0386819ba4d3f6e19b59512 79a1cebee2ab72de9813512c4bfadb45 45f9ed577648dd43 

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 90 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.