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In practice, the chance of a digest collision between two messages that differ in a single bit is exceedingly small for any secure cryptographic hash function.
by ReidZB 10y ago
In practice, the chance of a digest collision between two messages that differ in a single bit is exceedingly small for any secure cryptographic hash function. It's so small that it's practically not worth considering. Cryptographers are incredibly careful in building and ensuring proper diffusion in cryptographic hash functions.