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Re:Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment ... by uniformlyrandom on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:36PM (#41999271)
Hash can be arbitrary, the only requirement is it is a deterministic one-way function.
Re:Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment ... by Onavo on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:40PM (#41999315)
And it should be mostly bijective under most conditions. (This is obviously impossible in practice but hashes with common collisions shouldn't be allowed as legal evidence). Also neural/visual hashes like those used by big tech makes things tricky.
Re:Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment ... by bluGill on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @04:25PM (#41999831)
The hash in question has many collisions. It it probably enough to get a warrant put it on a warrant, but it may not be enough to get a warrant without some other evidence. (it can be enough evidence to look for other public signs of evidence, or perhaps because there are a number of images that match different hashes)