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201405271832 26n8sb

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
26n8sb
Title
201405271832 → 2014-05-27 18:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-05-27 22:32:54
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 18:32 against posted 22:32 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
199 · 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
5 · 3
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

15cf02e5ee58431c59c952a230ca251e 630643f6c1c6094d43e1492cf8df20ae 76156bcfa99dedaed23fb0f0da1a405d 3a73cbd4e7e31ed1dd8db729185edd9a 6e2e91e1133ce79471ecd6f3ccf208f0 3607cf2ca2d71e0dbbb038fa7d88f16a 1f6a3f0312f790839f9ce10ea70ea96e bf908ccdf4dc984bc8503e72dce0999e 4b094b3689132e2358a5bbe8c83d7fbc 923db437800aefa7a09850882ac09475 acfb26d393101e69f3e87ffff98e0317 dfe5201798a98781c1adee52f33abd47 6c138deb4e6d2605fc79a15256ff720c b439ce0228cffedcd898292b651e11c6 41a5769d44fc41cd 

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 199 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.