alt Hacker NewsThis is well understood - Hyrum's law.
You don't need encryption, a global_id database column with a randomly generated ID will do.
This is well understood - Hyrum's law.
You don't need encryption, a global_id database column with a randomly generated ID will do.
You could but you would lose the performance benefits you were seeking by encoding information into the ID. But you could also use a randomized, proprietary base64 alphabet rather than properly encrypting the ID.