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201312031859 1s20z3

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
1s20z3
Title
201312031859 → 2013-12-03 18:59 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2013-12-04 04:59:56
Timezone
UTC−10 · title 18:59 against posted 04:59 UTC
Author
[deleted]
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
208 hex characters · 104 bytes
N from length
3 (64·N + 16 = 208)
Run
Run 55 (seed 135,104,921) (seed)
Draw
247 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
9 · 5
Tags
post-cutover2013Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

3fbba998f1ec250168202bca7ae3f1fa eae1e9cf6239f2ca8974240c703327c5 2f8121ae16426734fd95ce24225c75ae d3b0d093066802c5be6bcbd541d37bf4 a6963ddcd30af5c36a9f78bbe9451ae4 7344661231519dfba5b912c0a551b14f 7086090c2070cf37 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 208 hex characters = 64 × 3 + 16, i.e. N = 3 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 247 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 = 3; the post has N = 3 ✓. 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.