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[–] EddyBot@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Torrent programs already do checking hash checksums to determine if you got it 100%

thats also the only reason to check your download with a provided hash checksum from a website... to check the intigrity of the download and not for safety reasons

[–] reddthat@reddthat.com 3 points 4 days ago

Torrents verify that the data they downloaded is correct.
That doesn't mean the data that was used to create the torrent was correct. In this case I suggested downloading via torrent (because of http) and then checking the sha from the website to verify everything matches. If it does they you've got a good iso!