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201406090359 27o1bp

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
27o1bp
Title
201406090359 → 2014-06-09 03:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-09 02:59:56
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 03:59 against posted 02:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
336 hex characters · 168 bytes
N from length
5 (64·N + 16 = 336)
Run
Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843) (seed)
Draw
77 · predicted N = 5 ✓
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
12 · 5
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

d0c51840d218f27e1019d0992b1c5a54 4e36841faefaa401029d570e682c054f bacf9d0d4f1f6f1b34e64b3bbcb098e5 703482d12149eba97caf76df8b85a8f7 2a24dc9a68c1679e16956352a4493271 125facd7ef9d09e98a928588501405a0 6bbfd50c2333dbfe39bf755e8f7e5d63 dbb39953d1f6ccbe79eed43577248c7a 20f09c9fb2654813ce499954e1ff9b00 0c65dbaced001337dc74efd4483fe580 ebe6072d3f3dc111 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 336 hex characters = 64 × 5 + 16, i.e. N = 5 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 77 of Run 65 (seed 1,582,093,843): new Random(1582093843), Next(0,22) per post. The RNG predicts N = 5; the post has N = 5 ✓. 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.