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201405250532 26fpqg

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
26fpqg
Title
201405250532 → 2014-05-25 05:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 09:32:57
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 05:32 against posted 09:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
138 · predicted N = 7 ✓
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 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a4cf213dfbcf293369684320a2aa749b fc47637b18f6f67120344683108b99d3 46f05874c479b1447f324c00a48c69e6 08f1eb5048c231e4433e2906142b3f39 a08aa2d7371f693ace9f010cc7187e11 654cb3a41cb9e8d58017b8cab1c13c24 37957ff34ef908a3f5456f825a4d1c8e 41cb12f868865d4b9ac27ce57bb82d79 7af4a76f2e3299ec95b8ec6a6416ec9d caa26c6eba945add325d0a4d71c1572a 43024a439e05db4b2234a5d1dc398768 a467c46332bf5758c8a3798d00a448b3 3791e514556e61939e38e09fce711b03 61829737a957d8dcbbcfb59013d9732d de61a46a8df0a4af 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 138 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. 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.