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Re: Culpable for being compromised? Also: A further question; and about that hash...
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nullius
on 08/03/2018, 22:46:00 UTC
For the record:  I find aTriz to be highly credible when he states that he has a script, and does not reveal it due to extortionate threat of doxing.

If he publicly commits a SHA-256 hash, that would also much bolster the credibility of this statement insofar as he would instantly destroy his whole reputation in one blow, if future circumstance proved him unable to produce a matching script.  No intelligent person in aTriz’s position would potentially seal his own future doom by posting a fake hash.  Key word:  Commitment.  This implication of a hash commitment is well-known to everybody who knows anything about cryptography—and aTriz should be guided accordingly.

I urge everybody to be level-headed, and remember that we are potentially playing with somebody’s life here.  Not knowing aTriz’s private circumstance, it is impossible to guess what his life is like, or what unjust negative consequences he could suffer from having his dox released by a criminal.