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201512100601 3w7k2r

inferred encrypted filler

N=10

Metadata

Post ID
3w7k2r
Title
201512100601 → 2015-12-10 06:01 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2015-12-10 11:01:45
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 06:01 against posted 11:01 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
203 · 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
83 · 101
Tags
post-cutover2015Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

9dd28a931b7d7ec2a2157ce552937d5c d9894aa777c4b34fbebf8590ff5eb3ff aa46ad1b71808c56dfaa10efea91f2ae cce305a007e82ffeba99421afd59a850 f9708ddf7f5fafe70e45c5d6598ff648 95654990442b928f53aafa16aa05ba2d 8c6e3400a2ae873805dd59b8e424b5ac 480700366c37c696ea80c04e7744aa78 37de6534bbfdf639ca5bab0fba714213 2e0fdaf93bdabfe9fd9e62f798242420 10ac7f7b88de3b0eb94708a481583faf 00795185f19b8a2f6f4c684d8d447cea 791e37c64c02771b4aee9a1428e85834 91bb1b2eba6717dd6db60e2889c596d7 a27062c70d5a32d340dc93709762194c c8c8526c16ea40ab2fe83e03834ebd25 6b62d9ad7b55f6b184157d5bb8193c5e 68bbc7f4ba8db120ffd3f056a22ac2aa 2d8f2505255fceb0d7cff75b044c755d df847539439e447029feb0d676ea9286 7e1484e07d28ac69 

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 203 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.