201601200806 41u8x5
inferred encrypted filler
N=12
From the post to its content
As posted (encrypted)
f4d8777e022ea25ee1e38196f1f44e51 f9eebdfe9b692ee255e1628646bf01d1 bb0a7906c1b387367269ef8058036702 79353570bac78732464b62c38b79f0fd 996a11f15861362d2e052f66d1eda44b a197ba7357ed60655279d0766ed4f3f9 0adf3171e7676c075985afc6fb837242 a16e4d671d3d4ad8f507651b9390ad08 c5c125892fa67574af20bf8edee18385 f07ea1071abc97a25810d744fad6def3 bd75a2f99dc0364cb7d6da6d204de5ce 85d9388bab687e80936dabe7cb206222 6c5955a8b9eef3588900e99b9eb2951d cb4032faa4015f6ffbbcfa75c46f2176 b590a5fd763be2d5283fbb25899edadd 504cd24ef755f94ac2da36f1ffd23468 5d3946fa5e462318bb818282ce688a65 169ccdeefb9f0c32be28101f31847b91 e66327a1e100bef9167602deef0b717d f27a9a9d0f29b7b951ef4a999263e9d8 7d719dc3e5dd97b4cbeead12b815c90a 707992fd4288b261c26c8792138145db 49d2ce5bfea01036f8c2346b3094d7b8 c8fc6615f3baf2c1c70724403f44e3e3 f8436329971eb473
Explanation
- Read the length. 784 hex characters = 64 × 12 + 16, i.e. N = 12 GUIDs encrypted with 3DES plus one 8-byte padding block. Every post-cutover filler post has exactly this shape.
- 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.
- Explain the count. This post is draw 18 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634):
new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 12; the post has N = 12 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2016-01-13 11:18–12:18). - Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.