In source code there will be an obvious block of "hash was attacked here" crud in each file. The 'good looking' object will function non-maliciously, but it will be obvious that something is up.
> I'm still not sure if "never" is a rounding error, hyperbole (which would be ill advised talking to laymen), or actual fact (that source files due to the reduced entropy in byte patterns could in fact never ever collide, which I doubt)
"never" is to be read as "over a billion times more unlikely than all life on the planet suddenly being wiped out". It's not going to happen accidentally.
In source code there will be an obvious block of "hash was attacked here" crud in each file. The 'good looking' object will function non-maliciously, but it will be obvious that something is up.
> I'm still not sure if "never" is a rounding error, hyperbole (which would be ill advised talking to laymen), or actual fact (that source files due to the reduced entropy in byte patterns could in fact never ever collide, which I doubt)
"never" is to be read as "over a billion times more unlikely than all life on the planet suddenly being wiped out". It's not going to happen accidentally.