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robertlagrant
183 days ago
Depends on the data. If you use a primary key in data about a person that shouldn't include their age (e.g. to remove age-based discrimination) then you are leaking an imperfect proxy to their age.
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lwhi
183 days ago
So the UUID could be used as an imperfect indicator of a records created time?
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benterix
183 days ago
UUIDv7 but not UUIDv4.
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lwhi
183 days ago
I suppose timing attacks become an issue too.
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wongarsu
183 days ago
UUIDv7 still have a lot of random bits. Most attacks around creating lots of ids are foiled by that
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