Comment Re:gee? (Score 1) 779
But the whole point of the design of MD5 is such that you can never create or discover any two such different files that hash to the same value.
Right...but that's not what your parent is saying. I agree the point of MD5 is that different files ==> different hashes; same files ==>same hashes.
However, suppose we all rip using the same encoder/settings and add the same id3 tags. We should all produce identical mp3 files (assuming the CDs aren't horribly mutilated, the encoder doesn't use any sort of pseudorandom stuff, etc), since it's deterministic.
Those files, being identical, should have identical hashes. There's no need for the mp3 fairy.
