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201405261732 26jwoz

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
26jwoz
Title
201405261732 → 2014-05-26 17:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-26 21:32:55
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 17:32 against posted 21:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
174 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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)

3153a4b7a91aef9195a0d5882278cd19 11d747c38c7b36b065695cfe0bb6b061 32bb915bfce64f2412a91d3d453bd59c 7bf56ff92e520f5a5afc477e11c386a6 4d322a38861d706ea84ff33c3446aab0 f1efbb55207d41cd72277a18df4154ec d388b73de8c25c1cc9ec696e6699562a 1f5e61c0eb4a42f5ff2e2913ac13e6e2 7a206ebe988215ce7f2905b2ca34aa6c e53769919861929ce679c101d463234f ca31e699f06cd889072355b651b86ea7 a02c90a6627288ac315a1488421801e4 f224251285160b1d 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 174 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.