How does verifying the checksum confirm the integrity of a downloaded file, when it’s posted on the same website the file came from?

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How does verifying the checksum confirm the integrity of a downloaded file, when it’s posted on the same website the file came from?

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It’s just to protect someone from swapping the file on transit between the website and your PC (a so called man-in-the-middle attack).

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