Strange Wikipedia Donation

[kevinthenerd]

Somebody anonymously donated $1500 to Wikipedia, and their comment said...


sha1:338c3706b3f34653d195ee40a310f73d2fb52b5c


Weird, isn't it?

 

[FoBoT]

sha1 is an encryption algorithm

maybe if you have the key, 338c3706b3f34653d195ee40a310f73d2fb52b5c decodes to something

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Somebody anonymously donated $1500 to Wikipedia, and their comment said...


sha1:338c3706b3f34653d195ee40a310f73d2fb52b5c


Weird, isn't it?

why is it weird?

 

[Runes911]

It probably decodes to "HAHA You can't read this!"

 

[BrokenVisage]

Looks like hash information for a certain file.

 

[Al Neri]

wow, you really are a nerd.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Just his name encrypted.

 

[WannaFly]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
sha1 is an encryption algorithm

maybe if you have the key, 338c3706b3f34653d195ee40a310f73d2fb52b5c decodes to something

Sha is a hashing routine, so there is no key. It technically isnt encryption, since it isnt reversible.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
Sha is a hashing routine, so there is no key. It technically isnt encryption, since it isnt reversible.

Sha1 is broken, and if it hasn't been cracked yet it won't be long.

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