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Nov 7, 2015 at 14:16	comment	added	user		@coinalty A collision would also only be a problem if you know about it and have a way to exploit it for your purposes. Example: we know that, given the ability to pick two strings longer than 512 bits, there exists the possibility to pick two such strings such that the SHA512 hash of the two is the same, because SHA512 effectively maps any input to a 512-bit output (so there must exist inputs longer than 512 bits which give the same output or hash). We don't worry about this because in practice, finding those particular two strings is so hard as to make the attack completely infeasible.
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Nov 6, 2015 at 11:44	comment	added	coinalty		thanks!, it makes much more sense to me right now, i always wondered how the internet and those large companies rely on Public key encryption for their daily activities, without encountering any problem,especially collision, and now i have a much broader view on this subject
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