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201511200102 3tjb4r

inferred encrypted filler

N=15

Metadata

Post ID
3tjb4r
Title
201511200102 → 2015-11-20 01:02 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-11-20 06:03:08
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 01:02 against posted 06:03 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
976 hex characters · 488 bytes
N from length
15 (64·N + 16 = 976)
Run
Run 70 (seed 6,038,486) (seed)
Draw
132 · predicted N = 15 ✓
Machine boot
2015-11-17 21:21–21:46 (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)

93e258755e61c814365df58131f7f15c 05bb96e944c7efe879706f9cfb7ef480 ba28f91d82989f1d0c4f7b8ec5a8a664 1779eddd69781643e6e82499926028d5 a6987d6b5a3405472617ad508cf00f65 9fe5e5d66117025f13d6e0d510384662 353e18bf3d1055ef2480b2b739a902fc c3adeb22de96a82d1129f00193374e39 520c1505994400c30bcbcd53d1d06c01 ba5b3eec8a966a3feed0eb41aae4fbff 8b7fd39f7a9ed5771ef9be55721b43b3 fc86f416c61733f2519517b70be73f27 2be1a22027e5f67e964fb0b9544702e8 5f61720f522ed64f68d5c6a700f3e9e4 a932e3c03e4cd02b10998accfa17b3e5 162db7d092b134dc3badd989847cc388 53a7d6463e0901ed87bd3df215e021dc c30981492359cbbcf3a6067d4edf3140 cc54e95e4b5640bdb91f64c6345bcd5e 8a02a6524dc89b8c5ca9803f0dd69a6e 11e067c07ce4c1405f6416958214b88a 12b8a31575ceb7be50b1732c2ada8fe7 d6f3d2ece2a4f089b4a32662df9dbae5 3e306496cc78cd1d748a9909f44aee7d 5b45e669defb5894761e24297aa7a7df 9e05a6af22e15e8de389343a38fd8354 1e56cc61371c77cf9eecf8850fd5ba7f f0c598c5fc44a41db23168e707c6e4c5 da190840c5cc0dcacc02ba42a17ff683 b2683058c7701ab6890c8e0f8389f8b8 6cf9258681e76baa 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 976 hex characters = 64 × 15 + 16, i.e. N = 15 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 132 of Run 70 (seed 6,038,486): new Random(6038486), Next(10,40) per post. The RNG predicts N = 15; the post has N = 15 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-11-17 21:21–21:46).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.