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201601221408 427149

inferred encrypted filler

N=20

Metadata

Post ID
427149
Title
201601221408 → 2016-01-22 14:08 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-22 19:08:19
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 14:08 against posted 19:08 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,296 hex characters · 648 bytes
N from length
20 (64·N + 16 = 1296)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
72 · predicted N = 20 ✓
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)

33538e78c0b5c6b4a1516f6e3fb3959f 62a83d479ef6c12238e1f3d38a37ac5a b009454c74cecdf2271794b810a53ca7 99d00e825433b7e27d3af37ac1442808 f15c5c70879e17e40652a092b6cbb42c e7e72464267fbfdc02ec86b3f45898ef 0469b38873ee1f3e6347dcc55e19e0c1 e6faccba0436aea4ebe7253c201e3c52 e0a9fc1b62323bdcbea06ed52a123d51 8a6a90bded77343d4ad31487b5cd9d7d 421cefebbd9c5ac12545a62e8cd97524 12c35d613679a3221095f997ff66e068 63dfc2e8386b48613149360a9107cf63 56a34ab36735d609d34d111fd963dae8 b6ae82951b6aef55ae28ea8b07533c7c f25ab911111edc547e6335d18c7b5600 a0e4d8ce44a73a3b9bb1fdb7d9cd9a69 7b5df2b8a2d792ba15c07bce451ef437 7e5bbe28e94c089ab4fe03b138884810 24b280059255d58acf78453c3f30f3b5 dfa249d6ee68de4dac16b09353d93d69 819a950e725da57e7b610841942384bb a6f8d9054f610fe5aa70d4a9eaa81537 c090c368bbba2bb0f22367d67f8e3467 9186fe27ba3e0c95d3856cf3d8e8fd62 05631ccdfba7db5a48d5c8a534ff2614 7263874af4b7d452067cf43fa4de4c1e f351afec53e350892cb4d89f66caedc8 52985adf167af006ecc8350fbf4f4966 a93eabf55eee198546881da615ae443c 58b4fce5e8422eb1d0a73028d7b4399a 2ef27412ac5a431257e9cde357c73e4b 045bd3e28fd253f399681cf3b673971c c41dacea22d1f3fd29365c534893ab49 ce969e4cedff3efba22f4c1dce7d73ce 066b1697cd64c5c6f9abe15bbb8d5928 dd4b090e5f967e4d1c38d93d3c701808 1c8b8e04053fbe273b680ba392d64ac5 fda28c7517576b5ec10df70118fb4387 b443177be9cc972091edcfc7cb397b5c b51704512379f46a 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,296 hex characters = 64 × 20 + 16, i.e. N = 20 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 72 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 20; the post has N = 20 ✓. 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.