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201405241632 26edjc

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
26edjc
Title
201405241632 → 2014-05-24 16:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-24 20:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 16:32 against posted 20:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
125 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
2 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

3815a6bd07a0f941b717dc593c8cf513 f0436c4ad721f408419e59cf8bdb426c 404b66434f493b6778e8d90384b091ec 2021e135b8472fe3c77220618b5947e0 b794ec7f9724b5911eb0e6f2ae908906 16b2bd12dce50aacdec28aebfdf90511 55b2bfc098e7849d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 125 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.