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201601250308 42kdad

inferred encrypted filler

N=28

Metadata

Post ID
42kdad
Title
201601250308 → 2016-01-25 03:08 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-25 08:08:54
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 03:08 against posted 08:08 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
1,808 hex characters · 904 bytes
N from length
28 (64·N + 16 = 1808)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
133 · predicted N = 28 ✓
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 · 0
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

29d330fbcfd209e4eaa94f5d8f4a9374 dc6a58063745570b083d8dd94d922acb 5e27a70bf6d146549a02d18f0f846d8f 0baa31475340a58284f2e1c484fed31e 39c8747f57b69e5ae339f7fccba67fcb a61f2b53726920cfb10fe6a36e0fad8c f730c8640be649c14b216bc476324279 801e4ca7e08d4e90f021dac9617c5c72 68f8afa47613dda4da8515ed72e829fb 78c47e7a50caddf1f4c113639993fb32 7f177dbe500dc491b8cdcd9f42173727 29f5184620a536534c85d1258acf1f02 d1c48840c9731f789af4c24e9a99f282 ab689a8f7158f489755817b54073bd2b 5e0aa99103e24234fa62efe5a8ee82fd 292a7a070008f48f7b18ae08599d7a4f afc59a99dafe24cba43a6c1448b90afb 0a23a8cee89a35bbee8cd9b2dcd57303 fa24f951837bdb314cf286a19903b766 03ff0cab13db8d1ba31dcbed1a089dd5 d39c6a08bfe2ac6854a9ccf663c265ea b2624ddebf894fa9d135f2aa417c6b87 1edb3612ae626d2acc3168765b77d498 4b97bfd2ddaceac1ca123c541a02698a 256903295b11e983b3594a75f2ce271c 93413ee4c6e7559d5163a001cc8fe1e5 1c80c60e54fcd10512465eaf6181368e d4999f2872969bb9b1d9147aa90dcf5d 99e793dd21411902f20e91f4bde85943 59b7745b2f6d1e29b3ef7b3828a1ed72 27b42c729ea9d63afdb5f88c382ac5dc 45efc2df4323006804265f40293d5963 68a3ab793142339f3c0a861217a10e5b 5b3272f70a2b1766dafaf5c933412ecb 7a01487bb17c26d94536f5e15958c558 6b72559548152ae89d9b0649b159279f 77fd4f07f2da5fa5eeb50d7e85130dbb 17d4454711c578080a8db337404b2607 9f447a40a9dd97f3b0011b99692e0f68 50f440d68b125e892a9790940071e8c9 9c38bbd3db8165d6f7bbdee792a6ccdf 7aec6a77d179ab004752015b2a0eaf9e bf81b5ac380870813c9cbebe59106317 cd88426f450673b9513b4a299d042f4a 9bc4bcfef8837f711f06b9301d2f99eb 49ae8a97021850360e2ee83fe238b238 4dfda9bd4ee038e8832e37eced5f269f 29e1f13fdfca7cc7ba29e1530eefb28f b928a555299a7cf319d2248469c89ff3 922f23d08e312d3cb410cb9d1c1eb1f1 05492803d6e0c9b4d75904c6711a44bb 07e5e6a4c317d23ccebcfa582e1e92cc 754282cb0d5771197c21dcc05958cd51 932cb330c0b276b4df4922759e206be4 d13a6eb087bb42885d63f3e3a398d3b9 495f23c686d9e5daafcdb8e6122bff7f 395d7e8e58caf956 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 1,808 hex characters = 64 × 28 + 16, i.e. N = 28 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 133 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 28; the post has N = 28 ✓. 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.