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> Assumption that close to impossible collisions don't happen is a belief, not a proven mathematically fact. I'm not assuming they're impossible. I'm estimati
by KMag 3y ago
> Assumption that close to impossible collisions don't happen is a belief, not a proven mathematically fact.
I'm not assuming they're impossible. I'm estimating the probability, and rationally prioritizing risks based on probability and severity of impact, balanced against the real-world costs of using gigabytes of source code as a primary key vs a SHA-256 checksum.