[layla5alive]

UUID is fundamentally just a binary --> text encoding for 128-bit numbers.

There's nothing whatsoever wrong with using a cryptographically secure mechanism to generate a random 128-bit number and then representing that as a UIID in plaintext.

The issue would be using a UUID generator (there are many versions, and several of those use MAC addresses and time for a bunch of the "entropy" - so they are not cryptographically secure / random).

Your comment is overly reductive.

[scott_w]

You’re splitting hairs and missing the point of the article.

Nobody is referring to “UUID” and just meaning the representation. I would think it’s obvious people are referring to using a UUID generator e.g. `uuid.uuid4()` so no, I’m not being overly reductive. I’m just following the common understanding that everyone has when we say “UUID.”