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201601192306 41slmm

inferred encrypted filler

N=30

Metadata

Post ID
41slmm
Title
201601192306 → 2016-01-19 23:06 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-20 04:06:08
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 23:06 against posted 04:06 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
9 · 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 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

8df0034628f2034b72ce277b35989d42 72b9208935cde21866be39c6e08a19cf d060087cdeb1d7831617890a2e198c54 27ba1c00293dee21825af94a17a5d906 4eef613dc644ca1e7e5c46c894afc6d7 a68fe45f98593c060507b185a5048665 302d5bc2eca2e847e066a78261cbde5b 9503de0536e410cb0a02fc0490c16d22 c095f3e1b5d4864df3fc94f2285886d4 646d52585d7ac0c4b47805adf151b797 844471aa92ae8c8fa7fc4708ea4ed7c6 fc5171ebe74d8d3bea3ced36a854863b 1b6a855a655d5aa9f0eb5aa54b9be191 7c1f778de7ddb78206cd2190604f3ed6 3bd8a25bbadbe82b3d2e26a6f71a28b5 e569c3794c6a74165bf5d0eb81688a55 9c7e8db77712b85bb6b54e728d37e9a8 2a5c428944beb3da3b18ea0faa447eb2 5bb689aa688729316473a59865133dd6 804395a428ea2fa56d6e86a4f7c97b40 48f9e0729f1d0849491e0cfe72a47856 4df7f2e6c5798be353cfbee173cbf333 422f34617efee5e21f8fd6c41e7b8baf 140743d40fcef63280f19eda51fa157d 5466f0df532869aaa846b4b7e37e310d 647bbf7f0492eb7f9b801c09d6a7e720 a7f8f1883719e893688e7cd4deccc38f 3c34250db7e94d331b7cfb2842ff9af3 c4cc2065ba32f64a5cb44c79cb34f249 e5967bc72a346e7aee2c82363e31dd37 5462bacb3e4d5ccb235acba0df3cff11 faa6c9a23bee7cce03e50c4310b9420e ea466e4de82811e1557c0cb3a9284542 3039f1a6af7dda835dbd0ccc8eed4eff d802b946a9039d66738aa9b221fc78d6 43409c982bab0401627396f9922df5f0 0a2230caf8c6cd4c7e611730bf25f40a fa8fef93184a49d99dbea92a4a11c4c5 a4757c3aff79446c62caa3e402ee3792 cfc742c08c08c8711a3f1dd64a92dd97 d88529be415b0cd074ee179146cbdb2f 57cb63d09700ca12f8b0d0197d351552 c1a22ed43aa8fffdf796158ba218e197 9b8c27f4578d598f225b2b67195407bb 345cfb05cce96957d2fa2d6ac5eab8b4 ab60b47f88312f601b85da870e3fedb1 550ee9f9e1f9b05abaf3d7a283fe6467 5b1590f6bde3eb14dce988058230a6c8 4d14b276f2013d1aac29252a4a23ddc9 2c699b6ecb76539e1d31e8c83c54c2a4 3709b22b5a48c08a30713d9cf645d5a0 fd14976ed4a2ca61620765c6c1765c7e b494baccfba9fdb2ab9a3c45a979221d 1ffbae1fcfe419237d68569db2e63a62 bb159fcd5ebcbf8719e581e9c32d0f1f 6a6ed4cbd6ffd96ec8d68193f1ac73b8 00ade8040d2f6d6a0c08dc73e8f19670 3449ee11fdf59f960d2201fb5984a51f 7d3606a3de10be4a0d05c797a0af7790 3b7eb3a31001804b6615430ca183a345 76eb0b4195effb2a 

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 9 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.