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201602132331 45n3vl

inferred encrypted filler

N=36

Metadata

Post ID
45n3vl
Title
201602132331 → 2016-02-13 23:31 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-02-13 22:31:07
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 23:31 against posted 22:31 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
2,320 hex characters · 1,160 bytes
N from length
36 (64·N + 16 = 2320)
Run
Run 74 (seed 78,575,145) (seed)
Draw
62 · predicted N = 36 ✓
Machine boot
2016-02-10 10:40–11:40 (seed = uptime at app start)
Sources
community-archive, arctic-shift · body from community-archive
Links
Reddit · Arctic Shift · JSON
Score · comments
3 · 1
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

0bfa6d88b536d24e68f0fd71b54caece 34cfa15b45c6fa8c7094c7a9e76eec0c 98fd56bbc06a763ab70d1a778d3ea610 664c513efa3b6f2a686faccfe97ff381 6387eb492acb328ec42a89f5f12d7f8a 49e5472611d459d542542c6b84612d4d 128811bedeacefde08ceda2db0f1cc73 6cadab5877aff88d3a49bc43e6bfe9dc 1c4876ed97fd97552fbba8acf3808bf3 78aa7e1e10035dfaa918d03668f4be82 182664dd780ca96cad97f9e7907be9a5 15dbba718635f28675cbe0c8688b4451 78f016923336d911d379ecafc07d041a 54fe496b304d442ab3428ebf358d0867 04fffd2eeb474b6a1312c60565ee6378 c4354d7a8a879646505af93d9cbabd5c 7e57a365e812beeaba2df61560ba7cc4 a79e4e32f40e9a3428888421993114f3 1c0565d2335da721bdd56270453b1398 3646afefa7f9e42cc668d1961ad8abe3 953f224328bae7a62d1ace505dbe6987 6fdbddd2234c5023a2415413e7636404 55184304e2ce55c82c6d8d301af68adc 5729b1e46f1bd3c39799b51f4290d0d8 715d94c312983ee539b788f36332d948 a4b87741f33f22b1a8065bb5935e9ef2 e371a305e841e3606487b1ec54da3167 e6945b0e218330fde611eabc61d0898a 329d258789fbca526a8fa56675183738 f8e72bcb459f96f34066e9e9e653027a a5d20effb84cbd4feee1c9453d3ca41c dd23ce77272c087395773fb28c47f8b7 c9781790dc0de530224aa911e66535e5 1abed34ad5326ee78b7479be2ba6af02 e4b59b29294dcb5a18b43a559b135017 bb29057858c612bcee39037254cd8c04 f82b6ca34f0a5d6f8f5ce85e8d6c29e1 ce76d5141601d02c63cf6e70aaeedb51 2280a8b7d171162051d53e9858afea34 e47cae7106fc81c4a3ec603af5904485 4660ac063eea3f40064217253ef3b38a aa1efafba057fe3678c9ebbe1cd9c6db 41fd08ca54dda7579a0af200876e30d0 df89c43df8eef1d0f1d87ef86f83df3e 39b6e69d25d02fabc01480c88d736f6c c98e0f272225fceffd0688e29f9cf435 9fd35f053e86d2e4e94f83b57ffce0e3 e89683179d58781d8e0cdbcdc66c2bdb e6062f6af8860adb571fb88ee8ca5a96 33d18d49a53c6dd0e9bfec83214545db 0a230cc5a92f99bbe55275aa8f958d6d 62d72e549fada2866ecef286a22b0015 0d515fc76a6b5b174506adb603a21027 160e506d93395f9c3777ef46b33c057e 01d231f02fd6294b6b65a0d4ee31d34a 9031ca8b5921861c46e3674e9a5fd530 59c21c381bfe8b4933917de103f0b1ff e35c756491869cc470dd004dfa5af317 03234af021a43edaa66f5edff356ce1e f5237afa8a49d218d383b090690da9f8 d439faaacce58fea580b05b74bb376d7 2817ecccb5de55286537dc3c1dc67c8c 4f9fa69bbea97be6c2fc532dc2f4e1f0 60e399dfe399127580a73f96dd81ec2b f09a1ca892a7555a903362eb87cca3c8 714898fd164f130e10d6228f616bbd4c 2c116c5bc68f3892975f57de60e9a890 44490ebf46bfebe741f915df9090c6a3 803173d4f5e8b7bc5187842767a6649b 8b9171365cca4a139bd9b5ba8ad26236 b6c6de522dfc8b7e1d28c471ffe433e3 93b955bf1bf5e9680235852dc94afec8 8c7ff13022dc7087 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 2,320 hex characters = 64 × 36 + 16, i.e. N = 36 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 62 of Run 74 (seed 78,575,145): new Random(78575145), Next(10,80) per post. The RNG predicts N = 36; the post has N = 36 ✓. The seed is the machine's uptime in ms when the app started (boot 2016-02-10 10:40–11:40).
  4. Conclusion. Filler. Structure and count are explained; the GUIDs are presumed filler like every decrypted post before the cutover.