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You can also write your message locally and just email her the hash, then you can prove you had the original message. `echo -n "MESSAGE" | shasum -a 256`
by slig 7y ago
You can also write your message locally and just email her the hash, then you can prove you had the original message.
`echo -n "MESSAGE" | shasum -a 256`
- mkl 7y agoI think encryption is much more readily understood by nontechnical people than hashing, though.
- joshstrange 7y agoWhile I agree with you 100% for the general public I think if someone is manually decrypting a file (assumedly with gpg) they understand enough to get hashing. Now if you want to get into the realm of really "understood" by the public you should just send a Word doc or zip file with a password on it.
- mkl 7y agoYes, the latter is the kind of thing, no need for gpg complexity. The original comment talked about an encrypted flash drives, and that's usually done in a fairly accessible way.