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201406051759 27e95y

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
27e95y
Title
201406051759 → 2014-06-05 17:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-05 16:59:59
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 17:59 against posted 16:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
36 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
4 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

429d6600caddbeb841fac80f15dc9bf0 a22a4d629c5eab2936e4fb248e9b6fd0 5081f59d15218d8ff9d42e752d2d2cbd 785beb7e2c8e9679cbf2dfacc1a584a7 ff7907950a7794f95a7cae90858e537b b988cc00a84a10f1d21125ae6bfc0d8e c04d5de253b3a7ea 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 36 of Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843): new Random(1582093843), Next(0,22) per post. The RNG predicts N = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.