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201405240432 26d4sn

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
26d4sn
Title
201405240432 → 2014-05-24 04:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-24 08:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 04:32 against posted 08:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
113 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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)

a1913f40d3ce4aa88c55b10473aca853 9bc15ebfc5fb175580869e7f8ab53055 618490035f6ddea596b6e422dedaad5c d3110bc5ef3138eef944afdff856557d fb171e2678c38420e6376a2271435c38 e87df69f111df69182a7ff68fb4a93ce 35c26311bb93c0bdca39cc8ea6853bb0 5d90f3450ed2c599dea5af905f8d4bee 190ac01990b3b46e725178f36fda82fc 72fb2bf8434aea06a82cdaded7374bd9 d69effe9b0614b05 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 113 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.