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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOne use is in URL identifiers. If my account number is 47, for example, I could reasonably guess that accounts 1-46 exist and potentially look at other customers’ data. But if it uses a UUID instead then it’s a lot harder to do that.
One use is in URL identifiers. If my account number is 47, for example, I could reasonably guess that accounts 1-46 exist and potentially look at other customers’ data.
But if it uses a UUID instead then it’s a lot harder to do that.