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201601191705 41r0qk

inferred encrypted filler

N=30

Metadata

Post ID
41r0qk
Title
201601191705 → 2016-01-19 17:05 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-19 22:05:16
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 17:05 against posted 22:05 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,936 hex characters · 968 bytes
N from length
30 (64·N + 16 = 1936)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
3 · predicted N = 30 ✓
Machine boot
2016-01-13 11:18–12:18 (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)

59277b23b42f052aac4391be1a872a70 3a5032db38728ed2ae1dd7cdda12ebf7 27f73ddf26bc0b81495348789974507c 1fdb6b2e49a3addbbd4294d04b3b1795 b300c7e3654479e6092d441241c8bad6 da9945cfb9e5f851bf7791ee9b52313e 33cda8a6df5db7dff537d8d109d2edeb db4982d72430a2e150e6f325299ea81d 5f2bd9b4c52712aeb2785218fd46acf6 e64e6d106d8823a32f68bf2effb30417 3d96bf8888aaeab09edc166332db600e d50fe3dc233e2ec6f9050576f45d7dfc 1f568c0518ef97c758ed2cd901a6e0a1 42f835fe7c363814e98642d1b2aca9fb 1ab70a9c853807f6c25085a6254dc167 012b0b8558b46127edcb2ee8ea23a5ae 4a81e3cf9bc96caaff1c617171cb4ee3 2c8f58445793aaf49ab3120bf3692669 a06fa968e3c4c969c52d5e944b1eb942 0914d091e6392cc59fd0419fece5982a 08314778baf56816dcf24c811bf34b32 e3b42ed531bb1184fd33a07ddf251a90 0a7a87ab31252f8ad86eac1587ee961e b8ad8fb065d26eeff7b29e63a8d3f9ef 662e1e4a8aaa0077caddcefa54ee712c 72376a53aecca3c4055ccacb812dcdd7 7b7d73bb6d247e6c09d031a9cd07ff07 4904cf48d0e0bc3fc726e5b6486881e0 1c33ecf6adf2987e907d71db95a6bf4e 12cef614ecb2c9cd64d645e9079f8757 54970dbbd8c293486528b107d86d9417 b2be4c4930f2f17447f473525584f578 4d4d6a417193d7a4e62b35ee1071aa58 b888b6e3edf09c2982eb892291ee2a7f a9e0237414778319da68b1e5d4c93f08 d43c30de7d138097c7b87c79ab39da1d 83fd125ede73729f8789b19a0bf5a380 26b64ec81c75e6d85e2a9c181eb19c27 1b5f92ddb5de572cf4302eb289ae4846 8da1c29983bea9f3ee156b7650148499 97b2a31b4bc41cd1d2b5a86292f207b9 c004e2b3e578d43b2d8aa5e9d1652b31 301b556b524f9ef59eaff13259c4e8b4 bfbe4b3fa1a3143f608e2dc131d76a53 dfecf286408687ba29ebd383da626efd 57792f3eaa34d2b93e88dc2ec9faf1cf 0b172a44512fef224e5ee1f3b81b4253 fd919ff59d4df58ba716d33569785a02 e207e52433a32fa22b026f3519a78d4e 3b64777103549c68281a376cab621b57 b5e9f8e5d6828533ef1d7e79ac848b71 297261c0f50435fe5ae821961b7bbc13 229e1eb346d95587ec16d754a7d0f574 ac426a9f01500389102060b3a70308f3 d16d2566d0beaba7214394aad171cb51 c78e5317f04ecbb7529a2074ee3b327d 62d4c354078b12ded00e5a334eb13f11 9ec4e18c229ad3107d390531320e75f0 a0251e08289f0f9c331ee5dc6ec15107 9d6b6392bc4b0479d3a8e64b1842a377 c7226bdc78bfa5a4 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,936 hex characters = 64 × 30 + 16, i.e. N = 30 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 3 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 30; the post has N = 30 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2016-01-13 11:18–12:18).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.