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201405230632 26advm

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
26advm
Title
201405230632 → 2014-05-23 06:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-23 10:32:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 06:32 against posted 10:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
91 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

00ec629a28ebd7023129a6f8a6b5b976 1bf12f348ba998f1a289438b868f651e 0fb3d54eedc0b18bdedf1de75844a5f7 c8d5b2f7701c40f29cf019bb5ab708e6 3120a35c1fcc7ce8febd7603d782427d acf32d38d4c775563089348d5bbf90bf 0cc835924a8d7a19 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 91 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.