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201405271032 26lw1m

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
26lw1m
Title
201405271032 → 2014-05-27 10:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-27 14:32:55
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 10:32 against posted 14:32 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
191 · predicted N = 7 ✓
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)

ca4ff1f6fc1bc3f454f6af00b3d51beb da1988b358128d55876868d37fa71a99 6a3d3902cc8b74496ed4ff9d5f4640ad a86fa4c9c04323e9530fd927694cf865 f4eb8d100eee85b7ffb7bae7984c08a3 b615b24690ae20efc6cdd06f7bca4185 ef40ef2fbf443bb88e4c07b1887a1343 10ef5de5997f251a0a04a9f7f1bb33ee 5e916da7ac893fa4e69d336235b63d1e 4f429e91f5d2de87140400dbf02d707d 4c940890cfd6a843668fd7fa9a91fb10 45343ac65da9cb06595111719cda7398 e9a2fc1c1b3eb0ad6e1fe01324d926dc c36d5409b82f935487b9f67e0c9185b9 5e726ee11298beea 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 191 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. 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.