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201406062359 27icpg

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
27icpg
Title
201406062359 → 2014-06-06 23:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-06 22:59:58
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 23:59 against posted 22:59 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
51 · 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)

6854792810779bd6ca2f8a5054ea7e06 dc0b9bfc3f12983d082c10d9dab4d1f6 36766af1d2772d8efff0425cc7aa64b7 84fe1f60555f9aed171a17c4ab98a214 804fa3f8c417f1777d768d29a4691311 58785c2a77d5801445afb94c1bf955c8 dc0fabf63657c803829a82409fa82ce7 a9f9318464d37e2f6655b3805342a19f 99977dcfb12d5a71292dae55b0092583 7dba421b6ba4ce8cc4b1190e9ac7cc67 f0bf3194d3f415dbab578a48128c6c79 b0d2025e5fa2b9bbc5481b709a549ad8 03168a29a0a28db9 

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 51 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.