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201312030259 1rznm1

inferred encrypted filler

N=7

Metadata

Post ID
1rznm1
Title
201312030259 → 2013-12-03 02:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-03 12:59:56
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 02:59 against posted 12:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
464 hex characters · 232 bytes
N from length
7 (64·N + 16 = 464)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
239 · predicted N = 7 ✓
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
3 · 12
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e46b01a13dcd2c76cda998ea6c94acc9 6c42b0b2b7405a6e63dacf78ea16825f 41d71676dd5b465ee3767df14f13f6e9 39c11b831495e6cb53aa2ef8946cff70 6b15c1a072880bb7ba00507d5215c012 24a309982d77ce6b90daf82c081be59b 7be0d160b9e7e6c13c5a86ec560db56a 941fd0b79565691333f2cd326b828afb 701e35b65fa4f16c17e6a629752da254 4e7b72b6196cb062614b6d735b43c40b 0eb953937f0a353c5bda32cfa75a49fa 3fc14f4fd944f3944a027cdaae0aae88 d5b4370cc80757ce7875466a6551f92a e46f385070fbce43ca33ea3145efb013 9c4bd048c4223e69 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 464 hex characters = 64 × 7 + 16, i.e. N = 7 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 239 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 = 7; the post has N = 7 ✓. 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.