Re: QuickerHash
D0A10 via Gnupg-users <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:57:32 +0200
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--===============3635626401837141249== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cyxzFCKKHIXHF8s8iqyL" --=-cyxzFCKKHIXHF8s8iqyL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El mar, 28-07-2026 a las 13:27 +0200, Jakob Bohm via Gnupg-users escribi=F3: > On 25/07/2026 10:22, Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users wrote: > > This isn't GnuPG-related, but it *is* Free Software and about > > digital > > security education. Following long-standing custom here we get a > > little > > leeway to go off-topic. > >=20 > > A friend of mine contributes to online security by training > > journalists, > > human rights workers, political organizers, and more in effective > > digital security. A couple of weeks ago he lamented to me the moment > > he > > tries to teach people how to use hash algorithms to verify > > downloads, > > half the people get scared because they're unaccustomed to working > > with > > terminals and they're afraid of breaking things. > >=20 > > On the GUI front things are also pretty bad. There are ways built > > into > > each OS to do hashes, but it usually involves right-clicks, large > > context menus, and other such. His students need something simpler. > >=20 > > So, what the heck: I put together a tool that met his needs. > >=20 > > QuickerHash is a crossplatform tool that aims for a pleasant-looking > > UI > > that's laser-focused on digital security education and being a > > specialized tool for nontechnical users. The UI is provided by > > FlatLAF, > > so it should look and feel pretty much like JetBrains' IDEs (which > > use > > their own customized fork of FlatLAF). > >=20 > > https://github.com/rjhansen/quickerhash/releases=A0will get you the > > 1.0. > >=20 > Another easy to use tool is to use a browser extension that improves > the download user interface.=A0 Many of these extensions helpfully > display > the common hashes as a tooltip for each downloaded file or offers it > on a > short right click menu in the improved UI. >=20 > Figuring out which extension to recognize is left as an exercise for > the > teacher or textbook author. >=20 > Enjoy >=20 > Jakob Hello. I'm a Linux user and I have installed GTKHash and is enough for me. Regards --=20 OpenPGP fingerprint ------------------- CBA7 480A 5FBC DB67 857F 54D3 434C 945C 1278 2FD7 --=-cyxzFCKKHIXHF8s8iqyL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEy6dICl+822eFf1TTQ0yUXBJ4L9cFAmpomSwACgkQQ0yUXBJ4 L9fL0hAAhH44HmkfufktBFSiHAweKcQCyceKK65w0iJL3U2MSrX6H40cUqqIEyKf q8G7up0eDc05FrvgmZ7wjkVlj9MUt/syeinlpbY+9eXHQ/vfbk/SF8AelbQruJ7h NcYbHYWcOQOpamdrgZH/89ABPXPm/setekmyzAzhqxip6utTwJSxcEIJRdLR9VGA oKvNcc1Al0yiOwdU9mRPPONgxL3IbWUEiVQ19sr+Tsmo5pf53O1j21gyksPJSIvd KWmnkO3UKb0GkXkx+sR7fwQFWVXp84T6jps1q4RWwYD+3UH9EBIbmBtnaWQ7dZAU HcAGm2w10PmMKvmNRqGtIAY8w9O1Kyq/bZl89xHGlK1/6eqJC7BLX7gUMcYrQs9q 5p/5hOSGnP78751dqGmBRVlcKPrAqDwXtTVe1QFIAtvzUledvwDcqtGrFbv7hWjR 6Xu+312nOY4cfUtbMaPlmIt60d3rCxlRq+P3M6zmeBqL9f5Fg0/sVF7uGnnDdNQO OstX4VVx8OWQHO6h7qAMdfj4x7mdcQwMmi6KkgZwNKaPnf9qNlTydm1lQWe/gTea NE7DD6797IPm2zDZCqHi6IrMX3AznXcx/ltD4Dg6qrMsa/AmOyaUABmsTX0PnKoP rXxXyvZzHz7owiNw5zn3W8/K4STK3Icv9FqCEG59WxuVQw9SBgU= =Klk+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cyxzFCKKHIXHF8s8iqyL-- --===============3635626401837141249== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users --===============3635626401837141249==--