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201601032100 3zbgm4

inferred encrypted filler

N=35

Metadata

Post ID
3zbgm4
Title
201601032100 → 2016-01-03 21:00 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-03 21:00:41
Timezone
UTC · title 21:00 against posted 21:00 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,256 hex characters · 1,128 bytes
N from length
35 (64·N + 16 = 2256)
Run
Run 72 (seed 1,847,828,239) (seed)
Draw
24 · predicted N = 35 ✓
Machine boot
2015-12-10 11:43–14:43 (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-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

fe496cd5fa36f228595820d144258cd8 c293dacbbc71951e9562c940b7c77c23 2375814835508a3111317d2c65896002 7b6a807d0235a921a8d9a6c8686d7fe6 1ca9b5c59b97908d9e20b4f84886b531 a77d1423d28f92f1ecfe1c624b4a64af 95d38f38009cc668d9a39eff5b6640c4 1e6bef49493227f183ccbf30023272ac b1b44a06ce19c2d7e2d4ea883c60dff0 b43038809ad3e4308d9fef36d3db3168 bdf55ad46df4bb7c19263ff4c6518c2c 826055b3585190ad4d90e9a7b169d8a6 d889c81b2e64c790b2d7cb0043b2e647 ab2ee65d944b80ec546a79fe7c1f66b9 0e2762b539481593cc38194cdd3249b1 9c4d8b5285030164a21288639cfc865a 170c9774e63dbb00609f1f9ff0b90484 57f47c94b53c1dfb1629b800b27b18d4 6de3d69e8ba4d1b4bcb6aa67563bfc30 2ccbc516ff09d4798705b0ebe6b00b40 48792d73cb0cfce07616e1e3f1bcf2a7 49d3c340d1fe309e28d36643357f5578 14fec427cdf412688ce159aa715641f4 631d2ffc8ebd72ff1889ec9d54ac8286 b0388460c11f68dc2c0d763521de861c a42d586b2e2a19c689a04281c8d5c87a f86f9a2d3c0eea45a211830221a45e28 dcef47b4b5eae17013e1b784fec3cd66 ea2d3efc0e10b540e1725686a7116b9c df0b7f340c8bacc9a0ccfbcd5a87c147 841c097a8f719f464e7fc5fc74735cad c90f19ae2887aa524754f43975b52c71 a6925dcef932b43f63d32b3bb5a409b0 6e2428105e336089bf8fab2ca4d639b0 b68b51e3600584a309a6cfd22ee2b780 d7151cc32a603a01fa711d5b85429830 d939e2c299a5b20d8da229a2f34cf885 3f1cc95bf3e0d70f309e1730f0b6a7cb 17a6f38d03f48c4a0c860add8207152f 9c824b5fd4b0f804f832523c54fd93d8 ff246c67f624184aafc338c545e9739c 899a4005164dfa47a9e70f9d5a26403a 8fe2d40e6cf082e01c8da79f5134b8ff 071a2ccbc90e74dd879edf41f46d1ea7 36bd992c5fcd0cdf743cffab2928bb7b 426a81367c8e59781049a1236cc0cd41 88fbed2cfaf77a2631bd373894b3a7aa 1088836e0739a0da8a3b313d35607ebe 51de517bd11ec6ba0661d738613c0723 51d716a12df8153ee2c223ea2187e047 67943255204900296e3d48c35bc7f638 cc2a6c6ed11dd659517f3567889c5050 bc8505c6a53c22523a200f60386d639f 252d346e6bc8595cca14511377eeb695 67629d5ff7df47949fdc4218da0c386f 14d53ce142898042a784ba4283e61860 cb07f8269bf6e7c9ed24296448ee8ed7 806383e9b3c0c7bb284fc58c847148c5 a727a77a522ec626a596cf317a877f1c 023af2d7536ea83c5266be0127882899 09a81288f1947a4d58d8f9fdebc9d787 be07c18784a42154a64dc2659b9c38c1 69769c2650727ce8643df18484036f59 933651591101a8c113be705153fb2854 2ca6db997970f084a387226819f37efb 8a17c9c42fe66e79cc6bed824db79656 f3e9b684c68582e8b41957fa93639801 6835d53e363a8d6c6c707a3d0ea4a7b3 35649182d035fb927c76c34f94acbc3b 946c4c853be4eff974e9814e6d273965 92dba571ebbbf913 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,256 hex characters = 64 × 35 + 16, i.e. N = 35 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 24 of Run 72 (seed 1,847,828,239): new Random(1847828239), Next(10,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 35; the post has N = 35 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2015-12-10 11:43–14:43).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.