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[–] Nigredo ago 

Prior to the election insurance files were put out, the codes that accompanied were pre-commitment encryption hashes that are supposed to indicate if the contents of the files were tampered with (the resulting hash from a tampered file would be different). The encryption keys haven't been released to anything. There was also a mysterious hash tweeted out by Snowden, but I haven't heard a single thing of it since.

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[–] Godwillwin ago 

Ohhhh. Ok. So I had it backwards then. The files were put out with some codes to verify the files. The keys to unlock the files have not been put out.

In simple terms, Is that right?

I'm not well versed with computer talk ;)

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[–] Nigredo ago  (edited ago)

Yes, the files were put out with the understanding that there was a deadman's switch set to go off if whoever was in control of the release could no longer keep sending the all clear signal and as a result send out the keys to the unredacted files. So far, that hasn't happened, despite all the speculation that Assange has been compromised. The codes that accompanied them were to ensure that the unencrypted files, if the deadman switch were to go off and they were to be revealed, were not tampered with- because if they were, they would have a different hash.

At least that is my understanding of it.