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		forgotpwd16 on Oct 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Ad Disguising Itself as www.gimp.org Checksums are meant to verify data integrity. Who ever said otherwise?

theden on Oct 29, 2022 [–]

It doesn't matter, people still use checksums as a signal to verify if a download has been tampered with

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