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+Please keep in mind, that all results are being uploaded
+by default directly to the Linux Hardware Database
+and can be read by everyone in public.
+
+In order to identify unique computers and hard drives,
+a 32-byte prefix of a salted SHA512 hash from
+MAC addresses and serial numbers is being uploaded.