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by hardik988 4846 days ago
What do you mean by "may exist"?

     Failed! "asdjoiqndiqnw09d21eh09n20dnqdqddqw" may exist, try another name 
Are you using a bloom filter or something?
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My guess would be they spread random false positives for privacy reasons?
Same here. For a moment, I thought my imagination was insufficient. Then I remembered I tied my imagination to /dev/random
Or a hash with not enough bits to avoid collisions, and no chaining.