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201405242232 26f3pi

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
26f3pi
Title
201405242232 → 2014-05-24 22:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 02:32:57
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 22:32 against posted 02:32 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
131 · 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
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

7d2c2aee88a3fa7cf4b95b08accade14 82fabb0ce8df59eddf53e50b79c724a4 62194fc47037f7c120c7f94fdd9b0901 6ead16d54011f86d9f7800c34d67da16 74b485af979c97afa8df3ecf12d15c1e 3f66aebb52de94d2f39ef0b7bdfe5db2 d08b16f805ae4cca 

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 131 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.