User:Lyiriyah/sha256sum expl

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If you're here, you're curious about the sha256 hash on my user page.

Reasoning

This hash acts as a verification system. It has been generated from a file on my computer that only I have and that only I know the contents of. If my account is ever suspected to be compromised, ask for that file on Discord or through my email and run it through sha256sum. It will not change unless I have had to verify my identity.

How to make one

I ran these commands on my Linux system:
echo "<secret>" > .commitment
sha256sum .commitment

Why not a GPG key?

Not everyone knows how to use gpg, but you can SHA256 encrypt files with no prior experience. Also, this is much simpler to set up.