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201508251802 3ie0kj

inferred encrypted filler

N=9

Metadata

Post ID
3ie0kj
Title
201508251802 → 2015-08-25 18:02 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-25 22:02:02
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 18:02 against posted 22:02 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
592 hex characters · 296 bytes
N from length
9 (64·N + 16 = 592)
Run
Run 68 (seed 316,235,227) (seed)
Draw
3 · predicted N = 9 ✓
Machine boot
2015-08-22 00:11–02:11 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
9 · 3
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c70e9833e453843a138abc9b8b0c4775 0509bf223b2237a2974230e3e323551f 41ef671dc3cf70b1854bc739a6158cb1 a41df49ed46dac627a4100683dd02cb5 84a1ea0ddec205bb3ea53cf022e55e3a ca69dd6b36bc2b2e3b41195b37e29d43 5445fae516c05ccbc0654becedf67689 eb6cb6e45c3d0b0a2a292685ecac658e 8330eb92b389cea29d0460882662c030 3e5e1bb96dd123dc62ac146723814a23 6d1c0c2b6a8578905a8b1ceeccac9d1b 959010ae644f7d731bce2877c6c9d9f3 638db069de2e6ab2d31005187229a5bc e8efd9f56b87dee1dad0044e300788c1 b0e912f72cae7f0f6f1c8c7fc4bfacc8 fbce405f4c77c59912d4ee409c90b135 63df400abc499da8fcaded15f0521bc7 5076eacf4919b6af7267260f7ac25b5b 40fe20123346ceca 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 592 hex characters = 64 × 9 + 16, i.e. N = 9 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 3 of Run 68 (seed 316,235,227): new Random(316235227), Next(0,22) +2 per post. The RNG predicts N = 9; the post has N = 9 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-08-22 00:11–02:11).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.