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201406102359 27tuqm

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
27tuqm
Title
201406102359 → 2014-06-10 23:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-10 22:59:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 23:59 against posted 22:59 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
99 · 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 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a2129ceedc1cc247203204f82f1c1048 53f2d9daa2c50a7c87884dff4aa7b88b 290f0de2c4b32a77efe6484313abd698 360cd80b2e5b70ef28e1240a27b355ee f00f35bfe01aa93e463502d8137a8fc3 81b0f377912c2dd5d1d9e395d385218c 35c403f14bfc5875a98146aa2260e8d2 56fa235e308f17d6146c4ef1d4597684 84653514af7ac3df37eb30daee434850 bc3beb422a3e553011ac67eef3a56641 59d6788dbdd1ad73a40afe2d2e0c8d03 0a86e5594ba94971119523ec21dd31f3 e7d73b9a1ebe444c 

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 99 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.