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Friday Squid Blogging: Sqids

published on 2023-12-29 22:08:31 UTC by Bruce Schneier
Content:

They’re short unique strings:

Sqids (pronounced “squids”) is an open-source library that lets you generate YouTube-looking IDs from numbers. These IDs are short, can be generated from a custom alphabet and are guaranteed to be collision-free.

I haven’t dug into the details enough to know how they can be guaranteed to be collision-free.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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Article: Friday Squid Blogging: Sqids - published 11 months ago.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/12/friday-squid-blogging-sqids.html   
Published: 2023 12 29 22:08:31
Received: 2023 12 29 22:22:51
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
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