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201601251108 42m3pv

inferred encrypted filler

N=34

Metadata

Post ID
42m3pv
Title
201601251108 → 2016-01-25 11:08 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-01-25 16:08:57
Timezone
UTC−5 · title 11:08 against posted 16:08 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,192 hex characters · 1,096 bytes
N from length
34 (64·N + 16 = 2192)
Run
Run 73 (seed 546,388,634) (seed)
Draw
141 · predicted N = 34 ✓
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 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

4c6d3a413f4b7fdeef319c46dcd4386a 9dda037c55f026a3c960a0928731116e d3a1eb9b8bdca5bf2785da27a3048327 1eee7117de4b09ea4e2bf5e994bbfbd8 a76653f16733ef4347a63a848f16ccba 0376e57e8fc99c9395dd977c63b9268a c4c79b14d6c8cb3a9bd8274edfb74598 29f57d3ce7d47b520a76b8a89cc1e806 a81e1a2cf2d0c22e0a2dcd0e36f86cbb ba7b3afaf89375e4c942de9256cacb37 a825327a2dd1044d9034e7e81e643ca9 436869a8358c863becaed160bf77837c 9a56cd1016f9cbb472592518d559d407 9b397bd604660eb9e8819692b340fedf add7f0c0374a18e539adf859bd005da2 5470c0d846f0b096940af8b77e1532c5 4d83db210d2d5e5d87cac4a8fe92feff 5f7c78e357b60640298bec8af8a6d57b 67f6646d2d01a9af365bd4c447c4b4e7 c21bc83126e0f328ba296fa463e95ac3 c5cf96eee265197220f68c592a1e0eb2 abf03eea2f02543e3459559770c97619 b18c48f4655328613ce0cc85dffb1e66 d593511936b013eebd5f36510a1a64bc 2ff2d67475c2224ce3d95d94c8d18589 d1ae18322124cdffd2cc11254c4492fa 1689ee13dd1861b9132a83a2be2c33a5 7e36576972c139bf283724046f0dce61 2b1cbc631dfc0b8107e8e88745add5e0 1febedb8e52b93e45c97ff12a23d7a76 2233e8bf77d7809723181715d1038915 85b4463906a3825f8ffc1a6c04f53eba 76a1bb1dd4ebd21649a31cb613473baa d973aa8e1d71d8c80ce8f469f8ac9e86 a770ed0b52920635631c93222beddc19 07d91fda9c8c8f230485093318292ccf b93089e7f3092ffcdb1978ac9b336157 97580b65d2ecb2d350627fe1238cde73 99862222c5b40f6ee860ccf1fed97e5b 5711f643808e11086c3ca5552836a688 93f2e445685c995a1f0dbceeddf386e2 de2937611bc72c7099a6cb0e50fdde03 e0b8f09ba38dff5ae5204a8687c3b9db d6af8e78d96b717ccf3ec2dab390b6ef 1049031262c54d3f15182a0863cfb508 eb61eebb1cc5542ac77ad3d79fb8b2ef 2a31c2e8aa5b82e5500b64b8ee029a72 dae26b08d6abbee522c2bd8abc277dfb 52fec9731aa5af459218954c480437cd 07f49c935f83177f468b669243e14cd1 a2d9ba367943d181f361f0f3a1ad62b0 5e6aae650cb411bf314d17d977a93c93 406cadcb3e7b82bf59c4c251b56763e1 962585d096c8ceae575da0956dd3ef16 fcdc615c2cc8152425da148c59a011ef 62487e9f290b3529b6557ff67c353d8e ce1d10cd1f276882ac0ea2429a098df3 ddcb981b1cb5a78555ea4bfb8c23f8ee ea06eeacfd0315e336e1bdd7722b63e7 50cbd152842c66613ad96aca20771b12 cba0fb4c87430cc25e77649bb3ada67d c95e4fe060255f59b2a9ad95b166c051 dc016148201507365a446a3cab59ca0c 8c2bf84b218b100fc64988e1ff096612 0debc82ae2a7dad0673fd73dacc2faac c57096de85e0403d2a5a9c04e28ddeb2 6d06c310b3db9c4baffb16b0cd0537d3 38a5145f4d5dbcc4c29d7bc76ad29c6b c081e2878cafdc04 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,192 hex characters = 64 × 34 + 16, i.e. N = 34 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 141 of Run 73 (seed 546,388,634): new Random(546388634), Next(10,35) per post. The RNG predicts N = 34; the post has N = 34 ✓. 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.