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[chaps]

Erm, "Assigned" in this context is not new: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca5/17...

"More simply, a hash value is a string of characters obtained by processing the contents of a given computer file and assigning a sequence of numbers and letters that correspond to the file’s contents."

From 2018 in United States v. Reddick.

[kwanbix → chaps]

The calculation is what assigns the value.

[chaps → kwanbix]

No. The calculation is what determines what the assignation should be. It does not actually assign anything.

This FOIA litigation by ACLU v ICE goes into this topic quite a lot: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-2nd-circuit/2185910.htm...

[toyg → kwanbix]

Yes, Google's calculation.

[oefnak → toyg]

Did Google invent this hash?

[chaps → oefnak]

Why is that relevant? Google used a hashing function to persist a new record within a database. They created a record for this.

Like I said in a sib. comment, this FOIA lawsuit goes into questions of hashing pretty well: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-2nd-circuit/2185910.htm...