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201405241232 26duct

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
26duct
Title
201405241232 → 2014-05-24 12:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-24 16:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 12:32 against posted 16:32 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
121 · 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
1 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9faa949aaeb5a2fe7b2c6b1a4cf8dca1 c51b720a64fb13ddda584d9d8ee86a3f fdc45de643528c394874b00238daa7b1 a3d11ee70dfb75a9d36a22ca21793908 703b15acc4164c0b 

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 121 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.