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201406070759 27j8za

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
27j8za
Title
201406070759 → 2014-06-07 07:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-07 06:59:58
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 07:59 against posted 06:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
55 · predicted N = 4 ✓
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)

49300934110ae976c2c2be20c444a31e 40817c52b1765d9697353fe4fd4c405b 90592ee48f4aef5d59c882e264ded980 2b39dbbf535489d46ea8c2eefa8a4eb4 aee789474453cc17707b0c9cb19861f9 277d5164ab16cd3ba464d38ea206697b 3c49435f9093e3dbb0903976ccd728e7 882b1325c42b369a21121e5cb795e63d 2a35af69c1bd0489 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 272 hex characters = 64 × 4 + 16, i.e. N = 4 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 55 of Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843): new Random(1582093843), Next(0,22) per post. The RNG predicts N = 4; the post has N = 4 ✓. 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.