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		maxloh on Dec 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beeper Mini is back That kind of collision is very unlikely to happen. It is comparable to someone stealing your Windows license key by guessing randomly. More on collision: https://stackoverflow.com/a/23253149/

grishka on Dec 12, 2023 [–]

Are Apple device serial numbers hashes, though? Suppose you look through a factory-packed box of iPhones, the kind that Apple resellers get delivered, would their serial numbers not be sequential or at least numerically close to one another?

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