• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Right but that puts a limit on the hash algorithm’s input length. After a certain length you can’t guarantee a lack of collisions.

    Of course the probability stays low, but at a certain point it becomes possible.

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Collisions have always been a low concern. If, for arguments sake, I.hate.password. had a collision with another random password like kag63!gskfh-$93+"ja the odds of the collision password being cracked would be virtually non-existent. It’s not a statistically probable occurrence to be worried about.