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201405250932 26fzwl

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
26fzwl
Title
201405250932 → 2014-05-25 09:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 13:32:57
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 09:32 against posted 13:32 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
142 · 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 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c4bce8188cf8cedc08c81337b0739352 f67ad986d2212913be76bf46712d639e 98984af771d9c8b6d6cefb9d6d2a7e41 e0104103873fac105e760a05de026798 b87e0d00697925d8c22337c7b12db9b5 3ba51577e706adc63dd93939e9c7ce6c 5872d24d01dd42a0 

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 142 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.