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201601200406 41tkn6

inferred encrypted filler

N=23

Metadata

Post ID
41tkn6
Title
201601200406 → 2016-01-20 04:06 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-20 09:06:10
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 04:06 against posted 09:06 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,488 hex characters · 744 bytes
N from length
23 (64·N + 16 = 1488)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
14 · predicted N = 23 ✓
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
3 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

55c9633d7a155086937a94ca771979cb e965dc105fab72dbc7287cbfb28b5da8 c798f98b6f01843a3187b65fa1031bc1 5b8d0c3cc1c048021d6ae244b3609887 1586cc241beef88a6fef32f415f48c03 e7eea963f3a830eba36d42e9bae28cc4 1a8173350b905f652bfe2671aa310a7b 1858642254f532d3fa723064e253c46e 6e5f0d2cd2488c91ecd533ee6cff9b39 6b05e489ff0346fdd14782ec60ef430d 2ad33278d11bbe10dbc1709142691159 6edee29cdac854c5cd5fefa2260740c7 0b1be6143ca8c166a441a95f407e44ac b51fd9778d1e62586cf59750de73a0d2 63ecfa7a5b9160c9fbd7144943042d7f 6322bc5fcacb8b1cf1a2c0344b1fe419 ad8dc2630b954d6ad27a191a27082bcc e1f7f8d57ac946eb5cf666acc5e30d07 592b2907b3b0a7659c44defd9149880e 141bc3286cbe928deda9cb205c5459fa 1808108e6f61fa18a23f34e04e9c684a fc3b9ca8e388bc6befc77eca7765d7a4 437ef8eecea04baf05abad5ffc1db0bb 326cf505bf2e5991fe02a6f692a75212 112f0848b07005fbcf385131d9abe7d0 d99e78b051cc3c8c5b5c0dbcbab7e2a5 7e1a846870f7ec03b1b21af98a28b551 6bafee08723ff231664cdcd931f7c13f 0bc65509556875dafd9fb976b2cb277e 7404c157f503e475ae1fe34ab5bd679e cc3fa3a5b2ced9338a06ac727d35691a 9698c2a9c1e992b5d6212af4bf9e74f1 ce701714ff702029813b922c2d49931a f8cb5fe461657122101c9e8ad4976455 eeda8254702664991fc646759e5b2743 c14e35b74a0b6bde764e731f82ef7025 c3638d8dba2fc4a51030605323632a20 96dd2a7dbf794215e1f591ef51c6d1b1 3dd8a638a6aedfde333db738dcc64bb0 61ec36643b975da89657a21f786d8fcf df2f4c4bd2be62de73eef4d9da2618a1 cf55ad084f6e0a3a09f02780d7ce4f79 9ec5a3baeb91b6bb88e9248eb251902c 2559d2abd114be52f6528d038dd2e8bd 4c7464b4621f8e1eef0353b241a30c4d 047bb0f06052053fb5df0f044f7b4e14 25cb4820d8231704 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,488 hex characters = 64 × 23 + 16, i.e. N = 23 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 14 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 23; the post has N = 23 ✓. 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.