Had an idea - looking for a math buff to tell me if it's possible

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> MD5 compression is lossy in this context.  Given big enough files
> you're going to start seeing hash collisions.
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> Actually, for a n-bit hash, I can guarantee to find collisions in the
universe of files just n+1 bits in size :)

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