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201405252332 26ht7z

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
26ht7z
Title
201405252332 → 2014-05-25 23:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-26 03:32:56
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 23:32 against posted 03:32 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
156 · 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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c7dc3a860345cf4ceabfd76574acbc85 74a0b341f18c7893c79061f6260beb5d f4f90b9cac0be8ee92f2f72510c499a6 70f0ddb4ceedb33c6e5ec2760b0d02ff e3a6d38fa6e46c877a490b081d3e9126 fafbd602d850599cbc13628ff7ad649d ed7698a2a3d3cc1d67c30fe25c03dcdf 6605c6bad1dac4137a9e6d8d374a52e3 c13251ffb004debf763669d92264a7cf 333c5a2b721960d05c75450522111fe3 c57359c456a8b5b4 

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 156 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.