ROKT Apps Hash Tool V1.00 README file
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1. What is the ROKT Apps Hash Tool (RAHT)?
2. Features
3. Preparing your file
4. Using the ROKT Apps Hash Tool


1. What is the ROKT Apps Hash Tool?
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A utility that converts the values of TXT files to hashed versions of those values.

Its easier to sell to current customers than to look for new ones, so strengthen your existing relationships by using custom audiences. Or maybe you want to make sure that your campaigns dont show to your existing customers. ROKT will compare your data with the consumers who come through our platform.

If you have a customer list or data from your site, such as purchaser email addresses, youre ready to get started.

All of your data is encrypted to protect your customer relationships. If you are concerned about sending sensitive data to ROKT, you can hash your customer data before uploading it. The ROKT Hashing Tool will allow you to cryptographically hash your data before you submit it to ROKT to ensure that your data is safe.


2. Features
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- Hash algorithm: MD5 or SHA256


3. Preparing your file
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Once an value is hashed, its difficult to determine if it worked successfully, so making sure youve prepared your file correctly is very important. To ensure this:

1. Open a text (*.TXT) or comma-separated values (*.CSV) file

2. Include the email addresses of the customers you would like to target or suppress. You must only include email addresses, as this is the only field ROKT currently uses to identify unique customers on the network.

3. Include the email addresses in a (the first) single column of the file. Do not include commas, semicolons or other special characters. Each email address should be put on a new line or row.

4. Ensure your file is saved in one of the above formats (TXT or CSV)


4. Using the ROKT Apps Hashing Tool
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Note: This tool only works on computers running Windows. ROKT can supply instructions for how to hash values on a Mac.

To use the ROKT Apps Hashing Tool:

1. Open Rokt.Apps.HashTool.exe

2. You may be prompted to confirm that you would like to run the application. Below is the message that you would receive on Windows 10. Check the I understand the risk and want to run this app. checkbox and click Run anyway. Other versions of Windows will have similar messages, such as the User Access Control. If you are an administrator, you can click Yes to continue. If you are not an administrator, someone with an administrator account on the computer will have to enter their password for you to continue. If you give permission, you are temporarily given the rights of an administrator to complete the task and then your permissions are returned back to that of a standard user

3. Click Select a file from your computer and choose the file that you have prepared according to the instructions above.

4. Select the format that you would like to hash your emails in. Choose either MD5 or SHA-256. These are the only hashing algorithms that ROKT currently supports. Unless you have a preference, it does not matter which one you choose.

5. Click Select the output file and you will be able to choose where you want to save the output file after the tool has finished hashing. 

6. Click Hash File

7. Depending on the size of your file, this may take a while to process. The tool will show you the progress of the hashing. 

When it is finished, you can find the file in the destination that you selected above. The file name will be the original file name that you chose to upload, but with an .MD5 or .SHA256 file extension, depending on the hash type that you chose.

If you would like to double-check, you can right-click the output file and Open with Notepad or a similar program to see your hashed values.

Your file is now ready to transmit to ROKT safely and securely.

