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by thih9 968 days ago
What if my hashing function is really destructive and has high likelihood of collisions?
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> What if my hashing function is really destructive and has high likelihood of collisions?

If it’s so destructive that it’s impossible to track users, it’s useless for you. If not, you need a privacy banner.

A high collision hash would be useful for me on my low traffic page and I’d enjoy not having to display a cookie banner.

Also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38096235