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To: Bobalu
They likely unlock encrypted files held in widely distributed torrent files.

No, they don't. They are hashes that will validate the authenticity of files that will be distributed.

90 posted on 10/17/2016 7:19:21 AM PDT by justlurking
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To: justlurking

“No, they don’t. They are hashes that will validate the authenticity of files that will be distributed.”
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If a person is a regular Linux user, he’ll see file hashes pretty often.


92 posted on 10/17/2016 7:25:42 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: justlurking

Yes, checksums.


97 posted on 10/17/2016 8:21:02 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (PS - "May you live in interesting times." The interesting times have just arrived.)
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