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> Some UUIDs are cryptographically secure. Not if they are RFC 4122 UUIDs (more accurately, they are insufficiently cryptographically secure): even the random
by zeveb 11y ago
> Some UUIDs are cryptographically secure.
Not if they are RFC 4122 UUIDs (more accurately, they are insufficiently cryptographically secure): even the random ones are only 122 bits, which only provide 61 bits of security.
UUIDs are still really, really useful. I don't recommend not using them unless one understands why and when not to.