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Re:What is the point of a public key fingerprint? by skinkestek on Sunday December 17, 2023 @07:42AM (#38672485)
I think you misunderstood:

This is if you compare two hashes and they look really similar but you want to be really sure.

Of course a real equality check is better but visual check of original hash + this is better than visual check alone.

Re:What is the point of a public key fingerprint? by shzhdbi09gv8ioi on Sunday December 17, 2023 @11:16AM (#38673818)
Ah, thanks. Yes, I did not understand this properly.