Verifying And Controlling Computer System State Using Pronounceable Recognizable Hash Words

A method for controlling a state of a computer system during interactions with a user, the method comprising, by the computer system:

• generating one or more numerical hash values using data representative of a current state of the computer system;
• generating a local hash phrase representative of the current state of the computer system and comprising one or more pronounceable hash words, each hash word generated from a corresponding numerical hash value by segmenting the corresponding numerical hash value into a plurality of segments and using the segments to select corresponding alphabetic characters comprising said each hash word;
• presenting the local hash phrase to a user of the computer system, the user receiving a target hash phrase representative of a target state of the computer system;
• and
• changing the state of the computer system from the current state to the target state using input provided from the user in response to a determination that the local hash phrase does not match the target hash phrase.

A non-volatile computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions which, when executed on a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• generate one or more numerical hash values using data representative of a current state of the computer system;
• generate a local hash phrase representative of the current state of the computer system and comprising one or more pronounceable hash words, each hash word generated from a corresponding numerical hash value and comprising only alphabetic characters selected using different segments of the corresponding numerical hash value;
• present the local hash phrase to a user of the computer system, the user receiving a target hash phrase representative of a target state of the computer system;
• and
• change the state of the computer system from the current state to the target state using input provided from the user in response to a determination that the local hash phrase does not match the target hash phrase.