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Re:Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... by jandrewrogers on Friday May 08, 2026 @02:18PM (#48066836)
I never blamed UUIDv4 for broken entropy sources. A broken entropy source breaks UUIDv4 even if you are using it correctly.

There is a long history of broken entropy sources showing up in real systems. No matter how hard people try to prevent this it keeps happening. Consequently, a requirement for high-quality entropy sources is correctly viewed as an unnecessary and avoidable foot-gun in high-reliability software systems.

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