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201406101959 27t5qg

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
27t5qg
Title
201406101959 → 2014-06-10 19:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-10 18:59:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 19:59 against posted 18:59 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
97 · 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
6 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

43f8b9deb00b737e36c44ada19e70f63 100d9c1397296c64f30eb1c605fc167e 2f7a08683b395a5075623a9cea1c8d94 2079f4f8f7a2b5817c56f4f8c67984b5 b02ccf7910d8d0a2b284b7009ef07a40 93fb43c166979e1a27a5865d13decd31 bbe693bb75d79f3b456db44cdb93e7ac 313c7ef96bbbf77f34a8b81c13b81e1c f45fa422195094a142884ca06f3d3e82 48c8435aa86b3b71e7afcf930ee91a1f 061fb0f8f5252d4b0823c6642f0ffe91 6e9ffef8067312c5d2a24a330f639ac8 d917418b67a29dde 

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 97 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.