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> What are the odds of a hash collision + identical filesize?

If implemented correctly, the additional constraint on filesize being the same is irrelevant. Given one particular hash value, the probability that a second file hashes to the same value is 1/(range of hash function) if the hash function is modeled as an ideal hash function.

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