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201405232132 26cgaa

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
26cgaa
Title
201405232132 → 2014-05-23 21:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-24 01:32:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 21:32 against posted 01:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
144 hex characters · 72 bytes
N from length
2 (64·N + 16 = 144)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
106 · predicted N = 2 ✓
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)

d2c7d0f71c7322466ee9a936a0face69 c8e54884647801543d9bf6a0ff6ebbf4 d4b09abfc6ba5d3f68cb4336a3bab9e4 c7bf44a2fd5f7fe2c7b279b114cf2793 81575a6147a13465 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 144 hex characters = 64 × 2 + 16, i.e. N = 2 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 106 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 2; the post has N = 2 ✓. 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.