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201512021700 3v77vz

inferred encrypted filler

N=11

Metadata

Post ID
3v77vz
Title
201512021700 → 2015-12-02 17:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-12-02 22:00:19
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 17:00 against posted 22:00 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
720 hex characters · 360 bytes
N from length
11 (64·N + 16 = 720)
Run
Run 71 (seed 1,220,915,585) (seed)
Draw
22 · predicted N = 11 ✓
Machine boot
2015-11-17 20:51–21:51 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
2 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

a034101051e0260186588b070d8de7de 3a8f5e268f29c4c1c3be0cb0fe69341f 9aca0a0452c2f79cf6e13453c0e1a4af e297dadc938d3a4ff40163c8ad5b3356 7c4afd2cc639f025cd233f24b7a40e08 41de46af097d8336fc1f004832d7528a 5000e26883b11e8c4de838f3ff599d72 7a616c2642cae7d1a1fcd8cea36098bd 515971b9c30c275fb55e6cbf697eb0dd aebe7a25d02af528ca4904bf5e5ff9a3 67d15b27fa44b1bb107b2a746fbf2ad5 4fb31ab7ae0756d55afc7f7ff6df215b 32de5087b796e2f75bd0c59010c3c511 4f7deef6caed99f5142214c14becf886 84747ab05554d839efb8a3c927edf609 883b56c52d6367814bbfbd804731029e 39641e5c8f527bae0cf4601380b4f6f3 f09bf01b0a47ec0f70995d8eea6044f3 17720919541d21acffd6656ac6e01aa0 8638a33f12bbd1eea4610564db84ab26 832f28cb4d7056db46a44cd254c84952 2ea8f7d80928d3c04e4a15c6fade7339 b70554bcbb5cf74c 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 720 hex characters = 64 × 11 + 16, i.e. N = 11 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 22 of Run 71 (seed 1,220,915,585): new Random(1220915585), Next(10,24) per post. The RNG predicts N = 11; the post has N = 11 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-11-17 20:51–21:51).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.