Hi, do you have any good idea on how to generate secure random IDs ? For a project I need to have ID...

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[Ayfri]

Hi, do you have any good idea on how to generate secure random IDs ? For a project I need to have IDs for objects, the first digits will be the actual timestamp but then I need at least 5 numbers that should never be the same even in the same millisecond

I don't want a super-secure thing, it's just for a personal project with my friends but at least an interesting and important tech to use in development like uuids (so it could be useful for me for future jobs I guess).

[Dariusz Kuc]

if you are on JVM then just use Java SecureRandom -> https://github.com/Kotlin/KEEP/issues/184

[Ayfri]

it's for a #compose app that will also be for web and mobile

[hfhbd]

Alternative use an UUID

[Dariusz Kuc]

I don't think UUID is "secure random"

[GUIGAL Allan]

UUIDs are using secure random, they’re a strong option under the JVM for unique IDs

[Tobias Suchalla]

You may also look into Twitter's (deprecated) Snowflake IDs, although they are not exactly random.