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201405250832 26fwua

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
26fwua
Title
201405250832 → 2014-05-25 08:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 12:32:58
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 08:32 against posted 12:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
141 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

8d9159143a8b24b45104cc0a7923831b cb835516504a3fbda051d759f550edc8 7575873c2b1767ebda06848d8c28c341 505d7b0b9f2840bdbfb9f7304604956f 6d826c797fd2b615d62753154b204222 c85c0d83dbc706286ba978326d4f2512 33eb2be60c5a8c217173a67124c21494 05023fe3bf8688a347f4de8e21652b5c 48553f32df01b449d42625eb5eb8e0b3 1af7370f1079610ec57cfabd6f16bb3a f2e6f78bc5faa71d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 141 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.