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Re:Why the World Needs WikiLeaks by shrewduser on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:40PM (#12984105)
what is the significance of the insurance file hashes no longer matching the files?
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Re:Why the World Needs WikiLeaks by jakewins on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:58PM (#12984199)
None - they never did match the (encrypted) files.

WL commented on this conspiracy theory earlier today, both saying Assange appreciates the concerns that he's dead, and saying that "obviously" the hashes are for decrypted files, not the encrypted ones: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/798997378552299521

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Re:Why the World Needs WikiLeaks by fooker on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:03PM (#12984229)
Y : X is compromised.

X : X is not compromised.

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Re:Why the World Needs WikiLeaks by ovibos on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:47PM (#12984443)
> they never did match the (encrypted) files

The pre-commitment hashes have always matched the encrypted files, up to this point.

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Re:Why the World Needs WikiLeaks by fooker on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:42PM (#12984115)
This should provide some context. https://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/comments/5cz1fz/wikileaks_la...
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