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201508190412 3hin9b

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
3hin9b
Title
201508190412 → 2015-08-19 04:12 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-19 00:13:01
Timezone
UTC+4 · title 04:12 against posted 00:13 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
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 67 (seed 466,795,333) (seed)
Draw
5 · predicted N = 3 ✓
Machine boot
2015-08-13 10:08–11:01 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
8 · 6
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a58fe3016f69471d2ee93db32a14ec17 3e4489dac95fb6920c9e8b758eff9961 894d66aa8141ead2a00eff6f7db77f3f 6e2bb39080bb0485fe72a1812359b88f 7ffcad3bde520633fc30a4d7baaa84f3 36945a71161d3732888cad02f7d74039 c1449efa14eae58f 

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 5 of Run 67 (seed 466,795,333): new Random(466795333), Next(0,25) +2 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 2015-08-13 10:08–11:01).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.