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It's a security vs convenience tradeoff. For most people, making the ID practically unguessable, while also preserving index locality in databases, is the right
by throwaway74432 2y ago
It's a security vs convenience tradeoff. For most people, making the ID practically unguessable, while also preserving index locality in databases, is the right balance.
- beejiu 2y ago> making the ID practically unguessable 80 bits of randomness is just on the edge of unguessable, though. Most people accept that 128+ bits is cryptographically secure now and in the future.