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Comment by Joeboy | Hacker News Reader

    //fallback for running in chrome
    function md5(str) {
        return "e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0";
    }

Huh?

  $ echo -n "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." | md5sum
  e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0  -

It seems to be a commonly used example md5 sum.

Seems like the md5 function is only used to fetch a gravatar image (see ssb.js):

Seems like there is nothing new under the sun.