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201602161632 462xck

inferred encrypted filler

N=11

Metadata

Post ID
462xck
Title
201602161632 → 2016-02-16 16:32 on A858's clock
Posted (UTC)
2016-02-16 15:32:08
Timezone
UTC+1 · title 16:32 against posted 15:32 UTC
Author
A858DE45F56D9BC9
Account
A858DE45F56D9BC9 main account
Subreddit
r/A858DE45F56D9BC9 the main subreddit
Category
F5 filler by length law: 64N+16
Size
720 hex characters · 360 bytes
N from length
11 (64·N + 16 = 720)
Run
Run 74 (seed 78,575,145) (seed)
Draw
127 · predicted N = 11 ✓
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
22 · 20
Tags
post-cutover2016Undecrypted filler (fits the length law)run: seed

From the post to its content

As posted (encrypted)

e344fc59cd034504c025dc179b013505 c81b2d4b81f16448286a0e2eaf0910e4 afa59297f3709e962ddf8a0c3c093c5a 57e6b3535f8ca9c978af9345c9bffcaa ab5a6425a44fa28856b4b96d243858e7 56734c5bb65c60707b9d9725df30ccd6 d4cf023560f3f0851219b4fc28e240e4 3d0dc1794eec223755b996bb9f953e1b a1275b6e28eed0911fe717bcf8478403 f97c0cf69eedb7737cc887d7526d6eb7 b482b9e303f71b530e1211c56dd5cdea 12865aae8767bfd02ee5a711f333189d 582e314f53c477dea3816fbec79613ac 6b3018d9255f49615a5228f53612cce7 1f8696a576bd7d4e057ebd0d2568ae6f 9678669b037cb1cb6673c61ddaa1472f 058a97b1810be6c652735208099c86a3 210ab04f30d2d0a3dd40275b29027f93 2dae7caba349bc395c1476b78276de10 8e184324efbaa432ca581681be4df743 8bea488229c00131a8c1937901c46589 a35ba3a1a438b0791d02e0a071651a46 53a60e4e886acf1c 

Explanation

  1. Read the length. 720 hex characters = 64 × 11 + 16, i.e. N = 11 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 127 of Run 74 (seed 78,575,145): new Random(78575145), Next(10,80) per post. The RNG predicts N = 11; the post has N = 11 ✓. 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.