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Step 1 "Understand the available information" is apparently a hard step.

(I too have been incredulous that this remains an open issue; if this gets it fixed, bring on the boris blog posts!)

scmccarthyon When your hash becomes a string: Hunting Ruby's million-to-one memory bug

It's clearest in the conclusion.

scmccarthyon Gmail now features ads that look like emails

dotcoma's comment however, claimed "no NSA etc". While it's not pertinent to this article, I think pointing out spurious claims (which people might be believing and acting on) has value regardless.

scmccarthyon My Startup Failed. Fuck.

It wasn't sufficient data. OP was describing their foolish attitude at the time.