diff --git a/utils/templatetags/intercom.py b/utils/templatetags/intercom.py
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+++ b/utils/templatetags/intercom.py
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+from django import template
+from settings_local import INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY
+
+import hmac, hashlib
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+@register.filter
+def intercom_sha_256(user_id):
+    return hmac.new(INTERCOM_SECRET_KEY, user_id, digestmod=hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()