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201405260132 26i1hr

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
26i1hr
Title
201405260132 → 2014-05-26 01:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-26 05:32:56
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 01:32 against posted 05:32 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
158 · 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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

b9ef63a38f778abfc33a51b8f9b2525a 105c6061d68b9e1693f835c3802c10f3 5b7e1e8878431d6b5dc0e2c34dd5d356 9182e3fe8bc10065c408741f8862a844 3173eff79d91328f9fc9a0a176d96c17 434b9b0664cc711afed40540271f8c78 a4213479d7fc8b9d 

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 158 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.