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201508292001 3iwhr9

inferred encrypted filler

N=3

Metadata

Post ID
3iwhr9
Title
201508292001 → 2015-08-29 20:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-30 00:02:53
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 20:01 against posted 00:02 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
52 · 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)

0c419cc5544fbef4f3ac0bbc140c3348 10b4b517e6ddf5f4ca72603f12203b37 5af810db357806f13a1b1a2024aaa422 ad0ca617dd7c5855f749cf594f16c727 bf720de3a3a81de985934056390cb164 3b0277351f6f9b2656a7d16468bfc9fd fceab42a5f23b491 

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 52 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.