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201502161800 2w4n3i

inferred encrypted filler

N=42

Metadata

Post ID
2w4n3i
Title
201502161800 → 2015-02-16 18:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-02-16 23:00:23
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 18:00 against posted 23:00 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,704 hex characters · 1,352 bytes
N from length
42 (64·N + 16 = 2704)
Run
Fixed N=42 from 2tca2p (fixed)
Draw
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
15 · 9
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: fixed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

5ac72661fb5e9703964e977be28372a4 ff210f9195d29b92f34da8090cc222b8 12588fb5f468920d02a90b9a702a85d6 811ae5c9cece45c42d31f4c10149a532 0232d2bd37ede2be46abdd29d2ee9771 bb35a9760fa6fc3bbb15a1d70c285f8f 257e72816087231a1a1c9000d6fc96ec 2deabd904704b789a3787a16231c03e6 51a696d8a3b2d1f061028a5534012abb f26b8b49b1b1534b7e8b9407d7427c4e c244b3a063424bb5075f41b8f86c1167 a6f0359978cdf2435a7127586fd9b0fa d5e5d139dfbf281f167fa91120bf6c07 33607a4020e9c0f4f68ee2fb1c7b13ac 3458ce2932ed5918878e1a798a81be76 e963996ee468ad50c0f10cf2570a2fb6 f2363b7a0680d04b6efabfb7d126b0da ad885c410183ad4841be76c27763d0ea acf7f7ada124597ef208491772ac3a54 6cc03006037c31a7887d0abd3a79b27c bb241daa8a527a8f8fee38f29750e36b 0e9627c46697e0648b3280a435cce2c9 0a57ba8d31773287973f3bdc0cf913fb 87fd6415336c3c1a3e9fcaa8d89a124e 78a497e2d9e28bbcba42fe7eaea66925 d80533beda2070a384551345370823b2 08b7d4f19994f05fb05dec9573f501d1 727fa4e663dc8e9d8b44c895937d2322 157b10f620ef5098899d540ccbfea913 b5608285a48153a9bf71b940a338f7ca 39bc336780d7da2d906fb68e99f7c62e 822a64f4a60c96ba00586c7898f72459 b646bca5fd17188abb5165d0297894c3 46d103f0a9970fe6ea3ea06851ac584c 567c259a2fb7377ae49bc8da9eeea396 019d123f80abf19d9b0fe10b3c740ff3 0f98df169785d8e3ad56605d5800e360 cc7153214cc3b98afc2600785e6c9964 c3c290e7fdfabd65174c61da39ff14be 392a6b27eadb7668eb145bdb7a398956 2d782e634c3f0e78ebe4ac7f8d818384 11bc3e2411c40d3d00e4a3eeafc6a993 8be900ae5f513b88671dc55beb7fc279 e50835f4611c34fa924a9b70f93f0c0a 2453a22931599b14dbddd22419ca16eb 14ef479594b44b7c459a6c4014c7fde6 dbc1ea940e8e3029199512eaaa9492bf 0a423add8925826ad71a4ce388c23f2b 987a66126873b38785952457d886638a 863c47ba68ff6be4ad71b90e0f583a1f d96687b8c61ff4dda67f61229254a62a 13c35f47e3e4ef0f1b4740c4c7330beb bce2b178a284124fd65e8e53070235ef b20db0eef88629c67855cbfe4612a7a3 b6caa1e78edb1408d22d62da73e3cb7e 01ab2d0a0be8f34ddaaf058f25b2b581 68ab84f1a7ff783b1141ea2dc82d0517 be76d74ebaf6f51be8062586c053cedd 147c6d94dc6d156538e98c1b2095479e 73cee8be973a366b24dee22b5e645899 6be5d585af81a519e560e073e36f686a 5ac14346d9300fc77c93257da48fc1c4 1723258cb765dd00d6c4537fca50ba92 0430035be58faa743a711b0f7ccd9a3c e2ffd8a66fbc95fa386e97fd306c8cad a830502ea5c0a1204f09cef606363f66 f802cc69ff4334c6320bffbc25a04bba b96925ba5294a4b5666cadb2770afe00 2b3774d56e25f48efc7154fb289d5cd6 273bf42e9b09d582796617ca2681d691 5cefb2dc84494cb997e71ba5f319c4f4 c7cdff1a1d2c9fe90ba2a8a02d1d4c3d 7cf484fc010a733a577d145f96189a2b 18c17082833231518aa0409c238728f2 72a47fed0760e5e32b1f0ba881c9bb56 bad48c5026a7187037636d5dc44c48dd 60fa450d7bf9c415e4f3dab4e5089fed 105260023a68756590657151deb2c5d1 c8689e19898b75aecc2ebb089912a5dd 7c897e1c12c5a43720d8c56ef465a3b3 14afb80be1794703e5de78b0b6caef33 6970f7b482c7817794406a5bb6f3d582 34b6f78b937a9ebe621cf8469c81e36c 7486a553ca959ebed2ff972ff5d4405e d40aa8cf63a4f6ca 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,704 hex characters = 64 × 42 + 16, i.e. N = 42 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. Part of Fixed N=42 from 2tca2p: an app start that posted N = 42 every time.
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.