I often compare SHA256 sums of software and have to trust my eyes that the two hashes are the same. Most of the time I just look at the first 5 characters, alongside the last five characters, but I don't look at the middle, and I really should.
Some hashes could deliberately look the same but have 2-3 characters different, and I wouldn't know, unless I look at each character individually, but who does that?
I often compare SHA256 sums of software and have to trust my eyes that the two hashes are the same. Most of the time I just look at the first 5 characters, alongside the last five characters, but I don't look at the middle, and I really should.
Some hashes could deliberately look the same but have 2-3 characters different, and I wouldn't know, unless I look at each character individually, but who does that?