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201405250132 26ffcw

inferred encrypted filler

N=2

Metadata

Post ID
26ffcw
Title
201405250132 → 2014-05-25 01:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 05:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 01:32 against posted 05:32 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
134 · 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
6 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

4b917ffe9eaafa90673abe26d1a6a11b 0373a86ceba0c617f15df644c0852365 d54cf5d770e84fb0a29c5bd2cbe0b2d0 b560e8dceaeb0acc30976c82c7b7c9d7 823fb703e9348f9b 

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 134 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.