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201601060602 3zoi36

inferred encrypted filler

N=28

Metadata

Post ID
3zoi36
Title
201601060602 → 2016-01-06 06:02 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-06 06:02:03
Timezone
UTC · title 06:02 against posted 06:02 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,808 hex characters · 904 bytes
N from length
28 (64·N + 16 = 1808)
Run
Run 72 (seed 1,847,828,239) (seed)
Draw
43 · predicted N = 28 ✓
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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

c18cc71172d94c52ec85e29364bfa49f 2be7216abc95c502afaaefaad9b7c18c f2b5e7d03f8b5aefb9a06d47558f9dd8 00cfa9b7c0a0ef4efad1c0a44b40226a eb9c68f1ed3a77f76314d1d862b461e5 3ce34c950226da2a5f17ad94f20dc6ff c45a11d8ea30db78cabfc130132d0c81 39bfd8701368ccdd3276be26a7dee9d3 d1f4954228995b80f89dc29243d1a8ff c1b441117d0ad243eb1952cf5de0cef7 7bc3ae6c3639faba6716eb66d6c6d122 9b2aae5752f7148dfd3bbd44620ad466 15781818440c513f3e2a5cb822de4ede c967e2ad5604579d4f60293bb52b530f 93cdefbb3c4a6b6d1f9a404e86e2b647 7e98fa5d778d7693e42809a058a6c6e7 c78d02ae148b8ac3da01ab59302acd69 fc9ba444f1e6dd7578c5d7e252d9f869 f07d15952a3d5da100fe7ab4fd3ce659 066535799dc2433d547e13319436e418 aa87c0d64c3299b534fb1acc7e1cd22e 7460ec4bac346232ded5e2d696e09c10 5304a10dfb912590766134816074f854 63f5b671eff7882489a20652a2e691d9 ab4609b860f5f60791254d98a3edc308 537c144b78433e32f10462a32b5939e1 f85b2ad470e44484585038a82ef6e32a 362e5740bb2e19ebf9e32c1900ac72d9 3a107f6209e9e4f38a91152af2592c78 a30066fa73485ed5d4aa1887c1ec24db 9c24fe2d252a9c9aeecfc68823dde903 6c8afc758b4f099d9c43acfe9f2bb2fb a4207817524f843aed292c087126d517 f780db2485b67d43087bc9d0cd36bd4e 4c093bf52b16dbc20024ae69fdeac484 36af897e943b18e38f76efab53ede570 a0e6f0113a7cc2b4de766216df2c8a53 a03833241e02d31cf7cf2f87620e1485 a99950c781640897000a20715aa90585 6368390dd031dade4e10e9058ca30613 ce17df0dc385c6343235d0948dda8618 84271a6ca4a277ad846e3da468b938e5 a0b5c75d6789af7dc133db304de6c52f 06f95b7153415268237ab88893c4ae7f 537dbebdb6c42513fa61e484a6208200 9f351624074c1c9e1402d2acd1a4557a fde1e64fc00df1ceb54e1fce8e5bd1f3 466797f8c23364113db19df3187b008c dde5a5c22c927b1a57ab30b6cbd84f85 2dd5b976e3b6c760bf5f2772579a1c90 c11e48bf64e78f4e73ff0b4fbb15d09a 451d76aa54561abadda86bf4d08715fb 0344e37d57d4a5940fe289e9dcede7a8 8ccdfd11b26384cd4e20bcd6b26f7ff7 fd804229c90854cd9e8bafd2c59cfe5d 90b82da526093d86fb1adb37fc8de5c9 77094f43cc37a6bc 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,808 hex characters = 64 × 28 + 16, i.e. N = 28 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 43 of Run 72 (seed 1,847,828,239): new Random(1847828239), Next(10,50) per post. The RNG predicts N = 28; the post has N = 28 ✓. 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.