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201406090159 27nrnb

inferred encrypted filler

N=4

Metadata

Post ID
27nrnb
Title
201406090159 → 2014-06-09 01:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-09 00:59:56
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
272 hex characters · 136 bytes
N from length
4 (64·N + 16 = 272)
Run
Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
76 · 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
5 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

15651fcf936cec61f42da96bdb7f57e7 90430c4fad4891d4c384a73e2d3c165c ad525eb230d4991ec4028681e833623d 51b980c9e1c005317483c4d3cd1990a1 5ef35404f0f87d5b4572962b34a524a2 144172a1f419cdfef7387b7f3291829d 783166b065a8e7ffadfc9402902c86b7 a3caa652482d52039b24c17b61dda4db 9ace3d29711a4e85 

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 76 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.