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201405271532 26mqai

inferred encrypted filler

N=8

Metadata

Post ID
26mqai
Title
201405271532 → 2014-05-27 15:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-27 19:32:55
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
528 hex characters · 264 bytes
N from length
8 (64·N + 16 = 528)
Run
Run 64 (seed 367,071,562) (seed)
Draw
196 · predicted N = 8 ✓
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)

ef60676f8fd4f2795c0ef938d7d0147a 36324613d7c3516ec180817ef9cdf12a c2ce85b156597c987afc0f2b1e795f36 900efd68c7d97f7c448bfcac867d952c c7cc1ebb74372780e31878c991ef77e5 88ce5c76ba1a1d152ffd78bd8796bdd3 6d9679d4e9be257e42f4b7d0952e2f62 a0568db82a587a5b1e0738dca43d5050 63aee402402d3f08b593efb30e69a25d 04253a3d394edcb9c349be17be9e5ab5 ca91080872b7fd28d30cd390d254c4ee 39c8feaf2c1993618321fdd85ffde4f2 dbc50455ed5a7c51909a6e8d8ba01918 be9673a2998a6dd1f1c1a9ab1bf16a9f c63af5a7feaa790aab23c0bac95ccd8d 714a2633e46af90d4f6e133836a7178c 259ce2fb03132894 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 528 hex characters = 64 × 8 + 16, i.e. N = 8 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 196 of Run 64 (seed 367,071,562): new Random(367071562), Next(0,33) per post. The RNG predicts N = 8; the post has N = 8 ✓. 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.