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Re:Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment ... by duxup on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:45PM (#41999368)
Google at some point decided how to calculate that hash and that influences what the value is right? Assigned seems appropriate in that context?

Either way I think the judge's wording makes sense.

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Re:Google's TOS doesn't eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment ... by henryfjordan on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @03:49PM (#41999415)
Google assigned the hashing algorithm (maybe, assuming it wasn't chosen in some law somewhere, I know this CSAM hashing is something the big tech work on together).

Once the hashing algorithm was assigned, individual values are computed or calculated.

I don't think the judge's wording is all that bad but the word "assigned" is making it sound like Google exercised some agency when really all it did was apply a pre-chosen algorithm.

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