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201511201217 3tl6c0

inferred encrypted filler

N=13

Metadata

Post ID
3tl6c0
Title
201511201217 → 2015-11-20 12:17 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-11-20 17:18:12
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 12:17 against posted 17:18 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
848 hex characters · 424 bytes
N from length
13 (64·N + 16 = 848)
Run
Run 70 (seed 6,038,486) (seed)
Draw
159 · predicted N = 13 ✓
Machine boot
2015-11-17 21:21–21:46 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e9ce55d7eff955f504069f1166c0b71b 0151777b4c5f9d5e9b30f17ff34f7618 b498073ea8ccbcedf16e07241a10cc61 72fe6bfcfed56f1b107d466d36eb5ba6 ce0cb2ce42d907b1c21138d80c5bfc0a 36038040002ab560a90a2580fa59a1f0 7f048ef85c06036d381d9464e0a694d3 4be541c2d9b134c89f4b8e2d942a94d5 263faee4b2ddf87572540fab4dbfb6a7 5891321888cb6589d0983ee1466b2062 17364d764b33004ee94dfaad822a779d daf599aa2134ec29fb18dc51fafc3470 878c043a9e5fcb18cbf06dde03bcaeb3 5eb0557dca435d0144ac792f998f3744 228b557a398ba2facfda2b18c439c4ea b40fdf39a654d8b9b3a2cedf990ed06a 956ead12214880757127f345944f0db7 3aef3fe88737826aab12ecb1e82e7536 14b28d90c618a7c00cfe0f21831e3d1a 8a029b06db027855e14ca48cc171be82 192ab2de2c3bd5611f89db1295340595 c56944e97048a6ae821e8cdaba72c974 2387fc0440a0297a4fa59af60474b085 f689c1302302eb785fe5e740a00b50dc 96e93f328b9c1827aeffeed2eb11166f 2ac2a90d89c99c50441968d71adcbfda a13b2eb0f025948a 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 848 hex characters = 64 × 13 + 16, i.e. N = 13 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 159 of Run 70 (seed 6,038,486): new Random(6038486), Next(10,40) per post. The RNG predicts N = 13; the post has N = 13 ✓. 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.