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Re:Users reporting artifacts appearing in old images stored ... by userbinator on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:24PM (#32975008)
MD5 is weak against malice but still much stronger than something like CRC if your goal is to detect random corruption.
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Re:Users reporting artifacts appearing in old images stored ... by charcircuit on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:02PM (#32976819)
No, it's not. MD5 can still protect you from someone modifying the file without changing the hash.
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