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sudoshredtoday at 4:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Statistically impossible to inadvertently generate a collision using UUID keys. UUID is designed to be unique when generated across any computer system. Practically speaking if you have an exactly matching pair of UUIDs from disparate system you have found the exact record match. The name gives a hint "Universally unique identifier". -Not a cryptographer.


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usrnmtoday at 9:10 AM

It definitely is possible, just very improbable