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201406101359 27s6du

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
27s6du
Title
201406101359 → 2014-06-10 13:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-10 12:59:55
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 13:59 against posted 12:59 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
94 · 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
0 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

51deef76d2ce6078e7ca9a188a17d7a6 5acc176dd0a5c4c98eaaad3a7fb31ead fe7407a4682337fa8506e040c7351c31 7686525fd7201f53866c38efefe3e8a9 499074eb76c1aa6cda4fc2fff4d0c678 c86fc68c4c64db7eb452ce6ed256966b 012aac4b643c302e99397194f5e6e704 241aa454d31d3d07bcf74f036fb7bfa0 17b1c416d9430190157438cd00536176 7970fd34a2a270b8fa9aa0da3cbb56b8 e4486385cc1c293cc5828f5c28d84176 267068773165083496a1e32d542062fa 0a3b6b7790e3f778 

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 94 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.