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201512022000 3v7x0o

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
3v7x0o
Title
201512022000 → 2015-12-02 20:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-12-03 01:00:20
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 20:00 against posted 01:00 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
656 hex characters · 328 bytes
N from length
10 (64·N + 16 = 656)
Run
Run 71 (seed 1,220,915,585) (seed)
Draw
25 · predicted N = 10 ✓
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)

86cabef0041106142a1eedc8d48e6b94 b976480fab35b812e37963fe5fba6f94 af4f982cb8dbcf00ca38a1590436123b 4962f0e4fc78c557399729ba7ff3a756 b83656e6403f23cccc98354c13ac08c8 fdbf43181146dac629bd26ba98b00bfa b1c57c3939d42e354212fe13f1c0e22c 789054ab5873e2354c8a1fda074e164c 747ada5f85a861aedd9472394d8fb79d 45d8656e5caeacb0b592744e16b9be3d c163ac8c80dd5898251c4add1a4218c2 7c8968c004743673440db25a3df5e7cd 0b372f2b4bd1764187c4dea0345a7848 922a8fa42ec87d576444a869a5429770 0b471341fab790161d752cfc489b0bd6 0f50ccf0b34992001686aab32ec5c08e 9f4ad5e02469f6261630bdf8303c13ae 2c86ee2c89d78f9f3abf5649e019c57e 999f2867613ef0b7e22540ec8cbec0fc 2fe3789f25660af33a84428f9d8ae917 8dbed647e9c4e2a2 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 656 hex characters = 64 × 10 + 16, i.e. N = 10 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 25 of Run 71 (seed 1,220,915,585): new Random(1220915585), Next(10,24) per post. The RNG predicts N = 10; the post has N = 10 ✓. 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.