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'First ever' SHA-1 hash collision calculated. All it took were five clever brains... and 6,610 years of processor time

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"just stash away the "KJ"BIUE_D H£(*ERNY£" in a garbage area, you're sorted."

No, you now have a document of a DIFFERENT SIZE. The SHA1 AND the size have to be identical.

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