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201511150714 3sw2q4

inferred encrypted filler

N=28

Metadata

Post ID
3sw2q4
Title
201511150714 → 2015-11-15 07:14 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-11-15 12:22:49
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 07:14 against posted 12:22 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,808 hex characters · 904 bytes
N from length
28 (64·N + 16 = 1808)
Run
Run 69 (seed 314,488,327) (seed)
Draw
10 · predicted N = 28 ✓
Machine boot
2015-11-11 11:01–12:01 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
arctic-shift · body from arctic-shift
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
1 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)arctic-onlyrun: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

4033b8bf89f91c52fcde9fa8356747ed fb04ff9ed56b151552b3e1bc1f7d7fb2 2b581dcad63998a2793687e377577ed2 ce0d3e93dd0280f559512faa37f24407 23eca7b19e5ad737efa7ff289dac32b0 28dc7091988544d201d2f3d574bdfc9f b7179ced165d01ede57c5c9312e09a06 003e427be752dc01dd264c9bafaf7013 645668153f7ca70402ca0b35a2ef3d32 2df966fabc5304246d0a191a3b1c5dd4 115650a39c8b7ec4ea42180dfd1351a4 4bd960155fe45623e90fe2f148753494 90c7db09d626a144876779de0abbb495 ea0316b217eb4a9071ccd64684ce348f d97647ea2acdf6635b9877ceb4c6c7da edcf3c52ff36cb49eb85f118a607c4d5 d1e89399cf90e1b722d0c10c69a03aa3 7f7779c2d9c05720f4ed9f8f5cb9793d 116cf456190a325bd182f240de0ce422 7d6a0ac1f341f7546d33e66498a04847 b2292cf3c3678f859ea369582e96c8cd 5c80c5c16f3c366a9410ceebb6fe2c09 4c5130f5cee550e54220b8c3e85d2b99 6958948208cf1fa117bdfa2a98425ac1 f47a7b6243b344d20361f12c5e2c1221 5eaf3544f8a916b1abed1dbc67c1c599 194e662de281d3f7d01657ed969404e8 034826efb38fa9261d34ae98fb46eb0c be20641a06940823ccdc4b8df6943d4a d03bd40926fd2e900ee3d262fb1f647b 03c14f8c9a386b94982a5943523033c0 cff1683a0b3626d042368665fd13ddb8 7b0a165dbc9192b3b3f09314deaa2f59 fd4a5ce24d015452d3e0a2b769cbcce0 7d73a38d76d013c36b7440968ee28bf4 a6edc7e5bc09646f1f9fdd1fceb12cff 81c69952afddfa6495820003f86ea1e4 9d34f8cd11c1df1c0d912e05938a5d79 289f84b24a51d37eec4cb6b629b15794 f1b1edd35b117fae7c62ae5f00a21375 302b58456c58a802b7169972120186b9 3bfcd02647d3dfe7593d630260a50d60 26bd77451c64ac612c6c21be8e5d85f0 7b2c8419d322c6a9b79440f06a0b001b 8a6f687307fd40362c65d481e30fef05 c003a585cae835cc745f30b67fb5caeb c5225596bd42cf34023803380bc58a3b 74197a5bd3f815ad0d4c23c874891ce1 b8a178e7eeccf79dbe2fb6a40b25b50c 86cddf22e9ec795a16aee54c37a8ef54 c47f058554a6b23b5eec34311adf3763 1edf9bf7c6b98c572bd2765e7d68998f 0f3380306a7851a72581d358178012d1 81f80081296daa8c082dc57de9cf001c ce1f67c3c012856b245626ea9c4482ea 4fff1f0e88da863ecd6828a0218913b9 b372032a111dc900 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,808 hex characters = 64 × 28 + 16, i.e. N = 28 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 10 of Run 69 (seed 314,488,327): new Random(314488327), Next(10,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 28; the post has N = 28 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-11-11 11:01–12:01).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.