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by WirelessGigabit 1134 days ago
Obligatory read about UUIDs derived from MAC addresses: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040211-00/?p=40...

TLDR on the article: don't use UUIDv1.

Lastly, even with the best and most randomized generation, it still doesn't protect you from copy pasting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22354449