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201406060159 27fkoa

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
27fkoa
Title
201406060159 → 2014-06-06 01:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-06 00:59:59
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 01:59 against posted 00:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
40 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a76a216a55c3ad67058d43edf84c0071 1d3f3db513113878d66b60d6f7055d0b d5ede7539ac8adeb9e260421b286b1b9 319467209fde0e3f61f1f7490408d72e 3b24b8bc7825bf8ea1fdf868a70c2a2c 9025b0297306afdf68e7bfff570ed332 0db3649fd7ca2610647e8660203a0e86 8d4faea9339e0398fa6efb95bfe0b354 9bf46d832547f76347497c5dec05df6e f06f9679b9d141bbe38f207bbeb20211 165c2eaf5022818cabdba038fd0a1dd5 a6c82b4b24207bea80cf2d7d2bb732b7 eae11f592d03da48 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 40 of Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843): new Random(1582093843), Next(0,22) per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.