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201601241708 42i1nd

inferred encrypted filler

N=19

Metadata

Post ID
42i1nd
Title
201601241708 → 2016-01-24 17:08 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-24 22:08:51
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 17:08 against posted 22:08 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,232 hex characters · 616 bytes
N from length
19 (64·N + 16 = 1232)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
123 · predicted N = 19 ✓
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
6 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

1fdaa69b19762f9b3120a93af715a4d1 9a7e63072d2df7b0ed10c6efb7265aea f037e75b5105a4278c7ef466e21d8656 189763d1e9483499e8393032bb3a8589 cbb0c8c66e9f2249342076e4852cf0a1 f69313b738537d0d7d142cddbb0c172c 9e4f8615633e18517a81366ad0336144 d7abf90bd0d85286ab9a07105f0df4e3 dd37ee40f447e29ee672ad60ea232942 b91701b5c49686f9b4757ecbff9536ed d715a0f9e9b98daf951b5a6690466a06 fef787dc38858d35b7aabcbca7e22b2b 382969254de9998fc45c4073ea935d23 672f13081ffb931ce01fdb3eef5dbcfd 3128f32c9618431df340520b288eccb9 079586386ac5f5ffa0412d4b8649e04f 57afaadb2c2edd732e2fe9a0553d3b49 76ea151310f145688712805f2239a4e0 da330c07013254db3d398da25b0739d9 b60148f6b8c9f4893388e4972eeb9fdf e67e501e704f155118f3ada1b325838a 8b5f6b57ee1e293c3bce1780079c92ff 347ae10a01f8cb7b44baf6684447b7d1 c55a3590c74ab0d659a84d10d1882a5a 5fa2d2dfaa6de2a833bda95f654f3357 afb14ef409bff7e513f62be1cdd10f18 c182718d2324bcd55e803a61317cd285 5b3e0561632f106bb38169e2c3981865 2bbda92c674f0a253610d6e1d6431c70 0b2cd2b14543f7ab0e740d54f86a5cce 04153c13ef2aa8d5caa3f69fcf4cc88e 6cbf22b1486bddb4bef96302ffc8e703 3d621680d9c2d26a7332fd39d7245818 c9a2de9dd6901b37fe5e02d5209e7b17 4627fc78c25d68281058fcba43047776 917d79e70f38236044d3b6f229961103 b1287210cd4416c0be66c90218f8cef2 ce0e1271372fbd83000c29830277aa60 92a5b93fed391a55 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,232 hex characters = 64 × 19 + 16, i.e. N = 19 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 123 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 19; the post has N = 19 ✓. 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.