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201405241332 26dz3k

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
26dz3k
Title
201405241332 → 2014-05-24 13:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-24 17:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 13:32 against posted 17:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
122 · predicted N = 4 ✓
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 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

21a65c0fd225dd6a77b50f4aaaacfb7a e50fdf115e04fc36b8b05fe9bf627076 311417120a30dbee9b4183c14da05059 b2198b1e30f6844596d612cf74c1fb5f 3de7a2dbf0dd791768224c0efdc7af97 d30bb8aaa00db482537a7f65362cd619 de59949742bf8e2b66d248433ff8ef9f 8fe8e3bc165f930370fbede4c4c8a3b5 dc0cc0158cff9746 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 272 hex characters = 64 × 4 + 16, i.e. N = 4 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 122 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 4; the post has N = 4 ✓. 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.