From 41acf4b253387ab4fd559853fb963307d3a940b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <info@fabiomanganiello.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 03:05:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Generate event ID as true random strings, not MD5 hashes of
 UUIDs

---
 platypush/message/event/__init__.py | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platypush/message/event/__init__.py b/platypush/message/event/__init__.py
index 038f53e2f2..7cb97bcb39 100644
--- a/platypush/message/event/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/message/event/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import copy
-import hashlib
 import json
+import random
 import re
 import sys
 import time
-import uuid
 
 from datetime import date
 
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@ class Event(Message):
     @staticmethod
     def _generate_id():
         """Generate a unique event ID"""
-        return hashlib.md5(
-            str(uuid.uuid1()).encode()
-        ).hexdigest()  # lgtm [py/weak-sensitive-data-hashing]
+        return ''.join(['{:02x}'.format(random.randint(0, 255)) for _ in range(16)])
 
     def matches_condition(self, condition):
         """