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A comment on Nano ID: A tiny, secure URL-friendly unique string ID generator for JavaScript. Parent comment

Re:Nano ID: A tiny, secure URL-friendly unique string ID ge... by wruza on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:33AM (#15226718)
The same applies for any unique ids in general.
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Re:Nano ID: A tiny, secure URL-friendly unique string ID ge... by dchest on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @09:15AM (#15226984)
Yes, but the holy UUID standard specifies multiple ways of generating them from sticks and stones, invented before people knew how to properly generate random bytes.
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