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201311170059 1qth5a

inferred encrypted filler

N=13

Metadata

Post ID
1qth5a
Title
201311170059 → 2013-11-17 00:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-11-17 10:59:59
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 00:59 against posted 10:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
848 hex characters · 424 bytes
N from length
13 (64·N + 16 = 848)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
35 · predicted N = 13 ✓
Machine boot
2013-11-14 10:28–11:28 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

1160787ecdcdb56f7bf3af4953e59df3 e99f528a9f2e6721637e26d57ad3d3bb e8705f807636553a30ccf56bb496b8e3 c00ae36e8efaa50d566c0e76f2c63de5 e29a1a75877e7eab7437c9e71e460ff9 22e4324728cb203f4d60c7484291e650 70cce545c6c99b7a7bc6ad74cebe76ce 92e4a21a40e45d3b9b6f6c5b3a149c3d 91ed251edc9a2e15dc23e29459070b50 988807258e37998ecaab0009275a71a1 b4887eeab80a9589e0edd863b83459dd 0076a186c3deba9185408fb0b74d6a81 fa9ddc72547f46acd7238b2a324979c2 1c1fc6eb52256e6924527f2dc3b6e979 af1c59a4ca4cf10779460c9c1dee275c 7c86ec20f81478737bf9a041491b8d31 2b8ff82ffe4921ee7f2bbbcf46fcbfc9 89c1b897a79c1bc4e81184471dfa7ad1 807049a08088af95637b7530b42db895 a540f62fc6c064ea7496fe5b91647dde 1c0c5778ff88059d53e41e2d401ea2ce 3a169fd0b5d319b212055110c4d1d517 2891386eed737411b5de00a80b72c1c9 aca7216f4652a19d98a491c94d2be8a5 b47a3fcf0c7d2debab2c1bb7f15e3341 7b19401d5ebafea7f4296ae3816178ab 531909c2c09cc99c 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 848 hex characters = 64 × 13 + 16, i.e. N = 13 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 35 of Run 55 (seed 135,104,921): new Random(135104921), Next(0,184), then Next(0,124) from draw 193 per post. The RNG predicts N = 13; the post has N = 13 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2013-11-14 10:28–11:28).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.