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201406101759 27ssmd

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
27ssmd
Title
201406101759 → 2014-06-10 17:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-10 16:59:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 17:59 against posted 16:59 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
96 · 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
0 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

28c0f7f0eb8a4cee333fa2ff9c0840ac 029cd5fa3226dc120b299f42a94c63af 5250144841ec59a1f8c3f6f90f5cd0bc 429e528814b2cd74b90fb19b4adbb828 83c8a251121d07cff75e2ad965fa89d2 df6936dc8089d87bce37b41fd7fa5ce3 63915634c001391d385285829e067bdb c22961f5b4e944859ed275eabfc3b374 573ff19937723a0439c4d9926dd9343e 363011b1fbe16a319c3d9dd171c5ef0d cd302be34dc819e3 

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 96 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.