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201406031600 277f3s

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
277f3s
Title
201406031600 → 2014-06-03 16:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-03 15:00:02
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 16:00 against posted 15:00 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 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
11 · predicted N = 7 ✓
Machine boot
2014-05-15 09:31–11:31 (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)

1bb571d59eba1f79345f55eb3ba3892e 056f527e9e999172529b6b1aea71ae80 40bda7b3500ac6c9df5642bc931e4c55 9b90c88012f77ff5b9038148a5becb9c 1a454e3e472951bcf90da4ede7e9811e da42bf46ee3160e13284232ca789b043 0570197cd43c60789e5848a23eea6e60 b48e07e29dbfe093c7fec23baf89b2a7 b617760fcb6531eba6e89c1e54f62b26 0222471c9e977df319c97e03b0d6b1fa 00d885477d9968626ba847592a1ebfcf a27e049c60e39794ffecabec1af8c85e c9465a2f77a0d1f0d48463a637001cd1 1a263b989d8af917c755df5a3d5ecce7 bd5ef7a0bc28f96e 

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 11 of Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843): new Random(1582093843), Next(0,22) 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 09:31–11:31).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.