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201409090929 2fw2kx

inferred encrypted filler

N=27

Metadata

Post ID
2fw2kx
Title
201409090929 → 2014-09-09 09:29 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2014-09-09 08:29:53
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 09:29 against posted 08:29 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,744 hex characters · 872 bytes
N from length
27 (64·N + 16 = 1744)
Run
Run 66 (seed 36,611,781) (seed)
Draw
24 · predicted N = 27 ✓
Machine boot
2014-08-27 22:19–10:19 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
arctic-shift · body from arctic-shift
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2014Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)arctic-onlyrun: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

53dbf9f83439fd571a6f8346bceb7787 f0c180986af46553a960fa003c1ade34 26c8390cc6b9b38bf349e03eed2669de 2c718e9fec9ad296c3fa7ca858a8fb59 b34a1ad595557c151f1700b7e677974d f3dea19d5b53baa17b4cdce433909fb9 0a0c87c17a9a80ec31762f9cd8c04b4d d7a03712eda419cf1905194f5a0ab59a 947808fc04b9a361c7a003186289b95c ab36ee2475ea571b00219274ec4db2c4 6b8a7f12badd6e19105ec957437b462f 9d03e424c00779fcd454517f7465b6eb d666a239aa94704d04485efb48a349d1 8389ec0b8618134351830eb0ba212212 9a57baa3648dceba5812c09a54816758 41d546e27426a2237a31fbe851797d2c 191b6130a4ba7e45f7312cca75a47eac 365ff848052718c14c1bdc03c8182aca 5699bbde089913b9e1cb8c694817291c de90cddc5151d281223ff01712b9838b c85074d449d1e2ea5dc283b16bde3db5 3ae70829ca81e4120567f4274538af02 9fd827c69bff1decb797a4c99a0370ea 5f343bb487085cd1d2a7c9f9f7015ea9 596f3cffc209e728b020bdee024ba465 6449b6d6414be40a5384e1c56ac43836 0d0d333ea27c4785e90e585838389779 b0b851ff5904746d713ec86830faa339 ea94e415c966896adc5c0b2269d45b54 f4ee434c27843bca316c46c0adf558cd 97e3ac082a6bf4f754df8e4d6753c197 2521c1a45d4c3b50d29ce258c3196ebd 309ad822d5c7a92f29a45ad70e3347cd 7d01023022c95145ac8c2e5518f3e372 2500c3043d20e85f81df17e4b027303f 508c49002389824d32b1c2b5313b0760 6c77346ae4c4b805c18174d5d92396a4 bdb427f03a7a91efd28404deb7fd978b e9fe541f28ca741514bf75667045556c be129d27fb48fa4d244c7d1026b8798d 1f35dd5e20ff72aeb3baaa06e6ee0d83 bb0043527ef8f374e885cf5c1ce4efb8 9513a479709edfe0934505184b031890 329e554d4cc79c7c7baec2ad71c2785a 5d33320986048a4fd7d4d1869ce6c25f ef2c81ea08ffe8ae43e3d99183a72c45 f904c0c32a2aeab7cd875b13edc08cc5 330e7cff65b1563ef065ebe3cb16ab44 16fb5926e7e6f3d18d5ce1f97e92b86c f76b61e765d84a70feaae27495b09496 695b0364761780bae9d17f03d1da0d35 581e5e5d84b949ed11b51fe44b842c5e 95c369605c6c4a859258c7da018b064c 1ed60b557ff357590d478a5f02ae2f06 9b2062c670033fe2 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,744 hex characters = 64 × 27 + 16, i.e. N = 27 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 24 of Run 66 (seed 36,611,781): new Random(36611781), Next(0,65) per post. The RNG predicts N = 27; the post has N = 27 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2014-08-27 22:19–10:19).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.