How do I create a GUID / UUID?

Here is a combination of the top voted answer, with a workaround for Chrome's collisions:

generateGUID = (typeof(window.crypto) != 'undefined' &&
                typeof(window.crypto.getRandomValues) != 'undefined') ?
    function() {
        // If we have a cryptographically secure PRNG, use that
        // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6906916/collisions-when-generating-uuids-in-javascript
        var buf = new Uint16Array(8);
        window.crypto.getRandomValues(buf);
        var S4 = function(num) {
            var ret = num.toString(16);
            while(ret.length < 4){
                ret = "0"+ret;
            }
            return ret;
        };
        return (S4(buf[0])+S4(buf[1])+"-"+S4(buf[2])+"-"+S4(buf[3])+"-"+S4(buf[4])+"-"+S4(buf[5])+S4(buf[6])+S4(buf[7]));
    }

    :

    function() {
        // Otherwise, just use Math.random
        // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/105034/how-to-create-a-guid-uuid-in-javascript/2117523#2117523
        return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
            var r = Math.random()*16|0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r&0x3|0x8);
            return v.toString(16);
        });
    };

It is on jsbin if you want to test it.