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,

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.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-2nd-circuit/2185910.htm...