What is a major risk of using only a raw hash of the original URL as the short code?

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What is a major risk of using only a raw hash of the original URL as the short code?

Option A

It cannot be stored in SQL

Option B — Correct answer

It introduces collision handling concerns

Option C

It always makes redirects slower than 10 seconds

Option D

It disables caching

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