Template:Userbox committed identity/doc

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Description

“ This template gives you a way to later prove that you are the person who was in control of your account on the day this template was placed. This is done by putting a code (called a "hash") on your user page so that, in the event that your account is compromised, you can convince someone else that you are really the person behind your username. ”

—Wikipedia Template:Committed identity, foreword

This particular template is the design of Anomie on the English Wikipedia.

Usage

See Wikipedia documentation.

History

This template was originally sporked from wikipedia:en:User:Anomie/Userbox committed identity.

Further reading

• wikipedia:WP:CID, describing committed identities as a possible solution to admin accounts being hijacked
• wikipedia:Commitment scheme, the cryptography science
• wikipedia:Cryptographic hash function, introduction to the science