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201405251132 26g7pv

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
26g7pv
Title
201405251132 → 2014-05-25 11:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-25 15:32:59
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 11:32 against posted 15:32 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
144 · 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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

42aa3aee20d07faced4ca25e4976a96a aad7f44689241ac56c87d097827fe1b7 7c7734e55e50a3ab08ef1912790bc937 df4bbe0f1b66aac5a5644d3530918828 8d9dd46fd795613641dd0979419f6f23 3a00db9c581358621a4dca60be42265d e209dfa28b3dd1726c742ab884bf985b 197ad473e98f2b30fd276233031c8042 1c58bd4bfef853fd8892ec8459db15db fe48682637823e5fe682c19106cc5789 6695cbe16cd356b5 

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 144 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.