A known local hash identifies the downloaded artifact. Remote presence verification does not prove a remote cryptographic hash. Local filesystem copies are checked against their stored hash and size.
That time 4chan convinced a bunch of Beliebers that Justin had Stage 2 Leukaemia.
I'm not narrating this one. This is one of those rare occasions where the people responsible for the troll give their first-person account.
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