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201405231532 26blwt

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
26blwt
Title
201405231532 → 2014-05-23 15:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-23 19:32:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 15:32 against posted 19:32 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
100 · 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)

32d732682d5eb202056db7719527826e 28801599c3a026a75fd8bf1dd8a108cc 5c8a4d268c3b1fddb5aa4db358c235fd bc9b848d4feee0ccc756f00a4fe4acda fef3f8ed100853dfe8d64c157ac77d58 c9ce4cd95a14a4c9409f09b236cc4c5b 0513dc24bdba9cd5a6d1ca218e7ef701 13b068a9ed2b31405b2e94e7b4ccdef2 fbf2607bd69e0c42eac33f6b10156f15 0d0cf4137ead823c2509ffff3fbb9eb2 8c55854b457b36f18004e8aaa718d81c 5830d4c2a09ff9be8370fbf2fd12da33 e1cdaa03d1307ac1 

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 100 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.