As for the SHA-1 collision mentioned by jgrahamc[1] earlier today:

How am I going to explain this to my wife?

Actually a serious question. How do we communicate something like this to the general public?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13713826

"It's like some extremely popular remailer company accidentally put badly or barely shredded copies of handled letters into other people's envelopes. Strangers' sensitive info is potentially sitting inside unsuspecting mailboxes worldwide."

> It's like some extremely popular remailer company accidentally put badly or barely shredded copies of handled letters into other people's envelopes.

Or used as confetti for a parade: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/27/166023474/social-security-numb...