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Katelyn Sills

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Kate Sills is a software engineer and consultant. She designs technical solutions to hard societal problems using cryptographic hashes, digital signatures, and timestamping services.

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The Curious Case of MD5

Recently I came across a puzzling fact: the International Criminal Court hashes electronic evidence with MD5, even though MD5 is badly broken. So, why are lawyers using broken, outdated technology? The answer involves the common law system, cultural isolation, and a single man named Don L. Lewis.