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201406110159 27u5qp

inferred encrypted filler

N=5

Metadata

Post ID
27u5qp
Title
201406110159 → 2014-06-11 01:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-06-11 00:59:54
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 01:59 against posted 00:59 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
100 · 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
6 · 2
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

0b5f6f16045096429ba80dc7489567b7 12551960433cb19a57214f975ae9738a 80e29080f50fb4dc2f430cdc75771cad 3d88a4c2a8e8609a5f4a152a117b6aa2 590bc32fea53ba7f23c554ffea6e5bf7 90d4918a43c4f78809898d185efc677d 05dc82cc6aa16d6f8e07c4d31c7bd7bd d5517e196b59dee1bc0e6dcbbcb410d8 308a00812d518086e8af90afbbeab5f0 b47ac89e82a1a69f2797966ec2d4c726 860370308bebb70c 

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 100 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.