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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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netrus
4846 days ago
My guess would be they spread random false positives for privacy reasons?
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eksith
4846 days ago
Same here. For a moment, I thought my imagination was insufficient. Then I remembered I tied my imagination to /dev/random
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lambda
4846 days ago
Or a hash with not enough bits to avoid collisions, and no chaining.
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