Phasing Out SHA-1 on the Public Web
The funny thing is that data deduplication storage systems work on sha-1 hashes to identify identical data blocks (two blocks are considered equal if the hash is equal - most systems don't care to check for collisions); they kept telling that the likelyhood of collisions is so astronomically small [1] ; i wonder if this statement is still considered to be true.<p>[1] <a href="https://pibytes.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/deduplication-internals-hash-based-part-2/" rel="nofollow">https://pibytes.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/deduplication-inter...</a>