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Retr0id on Dec 31, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Colliding with the SHA prefix of Linux's initial G...

base64 only gets you 1.5x more entropy per symbol (measuring in bits)

quotemstr on Dec 31, 2024 [–]

Oh, right. It's logarithmic. That'll teach me to post before coffee.

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