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201405261532 26jl4y

inferred encrypted filler

N=14

Metadata

Post ID
26jl4y
Title
201405261532 → 2014-05-26 15:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-26 19:32:56
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 15:32 against posted 19:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
912 hex characters · 456 bytes
N from length
14 (64·N + 16 = 912)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
172 · predicted N = 14 ✓
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 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

8ff3a743cb3c0024cf0202e9854b3f5e 321fecee5288cefbd316c05b8442cfbf 56ae3409fa3bad6ffbb4c8d3eed363ae fe46777d52ee87a03a6b846c7114af24 9f0ebbfd1b2f7f87886b55f50bb1607c 94dba27dd912cdf2e7de281c006b391a 0e6d42b27d12f44f32108067fe05b5a4 2fcc5926874b8623b793764a09e77396 fcf2ab5dd198d5661ee2a6a2d94c33f2 2996db552c0ee8a1c81f864efe3bd57f 5d0d7cdd52bdb60e3577214c416bd3bf e3d47e840161897e7838ed817bc5e4cd 95555b267497616ce1f96a3e3a948528 11aed87fa3ee8bc21ed54329a083e6e6 3fa060b6e6a796861bd597745ac72a31 7bcc80a26ce70a10768ec21a36008580 4a95c3186b55771740a1fa8416b46f99 11b42826d01bb9b988b6fef5da045fbb 2711d64d44ab430e223e3b473ae59195 48c76828eb703d2851915f32e0e6d495 cb43dbc3fc7b266e6d7a6ebf0cfa08d7 ed605a273e76e23d7e21f684c647a8f3 0c18fff2e61edd6da2f529dbe39b3c82 f3bdace0bf0579b7e205b035aa96ee8d 7b68c8fa7c4b8ff3339f064cfb1d5929 bae4abc27377a59296bd7d8bdb3b6335 e90cf767b05ce842ddb10e34c6f3d901 72fc29127e328adff903a42ecd9fe7a0 a01d199560014461 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 912 hex characters = 64 × 14 + 16, i.e. N = 14 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 172 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 14; the post has N = 14 ✓. 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.