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201508280001 3iopov

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
3iopov
Title
201508280001 → 2015-08-28 00:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-28 04:02:32
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 00:01 against posted 04:02 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 68 (seed 316,235,227) (seed)
Draw
30 · predicted N = 3 ✓
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
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

655c37fa51223fca62f2b7b6f0586228 6b085fd4ee556fe4de39df4d5f47c758 858615df977c336c026a26f26887cf41 18ef54578e9a08e9a87ef62210a4f415 8e7178ff4e287961c37d856a7b32e71a 9209949327c2da6c2c00899132b7c8b2 180849a57ac991e1 

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 30 of Run 68 (seed 316,235,227): new Random(316235227), Next(0,22) +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 2015-08-22 00:11–02:11).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.