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This template gives you a <nowiki>way</nowiki> 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.

==Why?==

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An attacker without access to the account could claim that the current account's owner stole their identity. The attacker could state that they did not publish a hash when they used to own the account, or that they did not register an account and that someone else is using their name.

This weakness does not indicate the [[commitment scheme]] is worthless, because the ''commit phase'' did not apply to all interested parties (the real person and all potential attackers).

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See alsoRelated pages==
* [[m:Don't leave your fly open|Don't leave your fly open]]
* [[Wikipedia:Changing username]]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Security|Wikipedia:Security]]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-05-14/Committed identity|Wikipedia Signpost: Committed identity]]

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