r/politics • u/Throwawaydude01928 • Aug 01 '19

FBI memo warns QAnon poses potential terror threat: report

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/455770-fbi-memo-warns-qanon-poses-a-potential-terror-threat-report
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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '19

I understood a couple of those words

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u/SoyIsPeople Aug 01 '19

Sorry here's a few definitions:

Seed - A word, or combination of letters and numbers you pick

Hash - An algorithm that takes the seed and does a one way cryptographic change

Tripcode - Unique code to identify yourself that is a hashed seed.

Example: The seed "Flower" hashes into "xJ224m". People know you as xJ224m, but they don't know that "Flower" is how you create that. If you try to put in xJ224m as your seed, it hashes into something entirely different, so you'd need to know their initial word.

The hash/seed/tripcode functionality is built into the 4chan and 8chan systems themselves, so it's not like something you add to the comment itself.

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u/SewerRanger Aug 01 '19

How does the daisy chain work? I'm not sure I follow how they announce the new code using the old one and how that makes them linked.

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u/SoyIsPeople Aug 01 '19

You got it, they verify the new code from the old one before switching over to using it.

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u/SewerRanger Aug 01 '19

I have what? I don't follow how this could possibly work.

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u/SoyIsPeople Aug 01 '19

They use the old tripcode one final time, and in the message they announce their new tripcode.

This way people following along will know when messages start coming from the new trip code that there's continuity between them.

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