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201511222147 3tw4t0

inferred encrypted filler

N=26

Metadata

Post ID
3tw4t0
Title
201511222147 → 2015-11-22 21:47 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-11-23 02:48:39
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 21:47 against posted 02:48 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,680 hex characters · 840 bytes
N from length
26 (64·N + 16 = 1680)
Run
Run 70 (seed 6,038,486) (seed)
Draw
297 · predicted N = 26 ✓
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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a81771ce6dfe50bb36590e6364992261 7da3c052cbab87abb6beb1239205c13a cebdbe7a9ee030161274c431a0e1320b 7d9a286b233dc4542db7ba2c6fcecc7d dff44ce0797b5eed00947c31df8b2b4d 04a66cf9c7f2c06d543a9c8bbda5b344 4ca84c3a5358f769218cf5fab601140e 93c893c0c2b0f5a911573ef2567dd6f0 96bcc427850e79be9dc15cc1015ed1a3 e7904e170a0e3d04d33ad48fcf400d73 8d37dfb39e625bac0005fe116922bc06 22ca84938b6ac2ceaec40288caa8589b 68bb68b127ac19fed37bb5303d4ac586 be7d1fb1087b7c72401df097432d1aca d36a15e0f4674cba39fb4fbbe90ceb2a fd51965f81cda5d99dfd8822789c2ba8 3c2fb47d2344d0d5ea1ad0864a8ab2cf da1fe984e959cd31ea8766254acb8d61 6d22731e10735eaadde45db9d357a038 a362983a6f3b16bd19e7e7bf46993b50 8afa4b8b49a03bdce5aefe530399fab9 78c73de5d411a23137a8688b38b0435e 7a520188b4ffe04544654141147ab7cc ece19d596a0e48820a9d27d0ce8b5f63 fa3960dcfff9c36dcde73615c4ea5c9d e98e0997e2ec98d8750f7791f27d8552 71370b6c33b5512fe8e4053e2c7fc6db 7b7092e1be9a16959e8d2014002decf2 7eef91d6ccc5c83b3f726e8e25f94ea0 e7db079d4373dd5b1caca43aa9b46960 d2b7255274ffb9ef6e6cfbdae1935106 55ed84947654cd7ce834016e2e19c185 ff28c4b37880300a0c4897d62b77c85b a835fdc4e4f270a84f824c116cf93f4c ead45f816671252910f395e277ddd3f5 4dae4cdaea39e1d8e5e835ee4ce9308c 71e8ec3b31bf0d0c126f177634956337 3162e4cf85902199d6a1ddb6065549ae 0389b3bb1adb45d60b13ca9272b225cf 6537ca46d0fb03e5153f4bf4456cf21c d2b325afd795cab418ecbbd6dd992efa 3831c81d5dbb3ea9cd999b3d5a231c10 4e2ad78a28c4a586ce1b5cc7ad922280 9950d5e51b416ee3783faf79dfe6232c 5859b33fd3c18e463e19c15271aa1f78 6786e8a0f51ef52c4f6e8d67f9e6658e b846acf234cf6a3689cc34cbaf2679fa d255fd34c6991d0ef8fb83fa96915d90 f9dd3004df4f3baecb4cfe3dd8932df3 6364e1c475ddca049790a1eb62b767e5 a9b40e07d8b5e2b33e0c18248fb17318 fb5c25f0cc76832e62f50777890e3088 9a9e13f99067dfef 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,680 hex characters = 64 × 26 + 16, i.e. N = 26 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 297 of Run 70 (seed 6,038,486): new Random(6038486), Next(10,40) per post. The RNG predicts N = 26; the post has N = 26 ✓. 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.