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201508301801 3j06jf

inferred encrypted filler

N=6

Metadata

Post ID
3j06jf
Title
201508301801 → 2015-08-30 18:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-08-30 22:02:57
Timezone
UTC−4 · title 18:01 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
400 hex characters · 200 bytes
N from length
6 (64·N + 16 = 400)
Run
Run 68 (seed 316,235,227) (seed)
Draw
63 · predicted N = 6 ✓
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)

45a12038601463bd3512824e4f229007 a7a4e2ec0266c3fb1b6bd3e14dd19287 5e1456641eebea997471ce9312b7c94d 4dcf41d4b7819035df73f6bc4b31608d 5b7d07a37dee4d7ddab654def5dbdb94 45009660116ef9b26524010c59523544 d51fd921ff8907ebe7d33377aadace86 e71b99a16b08e71f8102424561d2a8d3 edce621ecccc2ba08616d2290c7090f4 4e26de7b4b9a94b05ad7ec5b3ea86078 a9a541d00482354e5dcb15bce9533e36 354ee77c65a242e941a91043da72caf8 eaf6dccfeaeae3e1 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 400 hex characters = 64 × 6 + 16, i.e. N = 6 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 63 of Run 68 (seed 316,235,227): new Random(316235227), Next(0,22) +2 per post. The RNG predicts N = 6; the post has N = 6 ✓. 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.