What's the purpose of the randomart image for user (not host) SSH keys?

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                          The ssh-keygen generates the following output: 

    The key fingerprint is:
    dd:e7:25:b3:e2:5b:d9:f0:25:28:9d:50:a2:c9:44:97 user@machine
    The key's randomart image is:
    +--[ RSA 2048]----+
    |       .o o..    |
    |       o +Eo     |
    |        + .      |
    |         . + o   |
    |        S o = * o|
    |           . o @.|
    |            . = o|
    |           . o   |
    |            o.   |
    +-----------------+

What is the purpose of this image, does it provide any value for the user? Note this is a client (user) key, not a host key.
                        

Asked by syntagma (12801 rep)

Jul 15, 2014, 09:24 PM
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What's the purpose of the randomart image for user (not host) SSH keys?

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