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Re:Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad math w... by dooglius on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:22PM (#23950356)
I didn't realize Bloom filters were used in this way. Thinking adversarially for a moment, doesn't this provide an easy way to get a target website marked as a false positive?
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Re:Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad math w... by advance512 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:32PM (#23950453)
After a positive result is returned for a URL, a verification is done with Google's servers to see the positive is not a false positive.
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Re:Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad math w... by a1369209993 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @04:54PM (#23952321)
Thinking more adversarially, doesn't this provide an easy way to track anyone who visits a target website?
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Re:Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad math w... by dooglius on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:13PM (#23952479)
Based on advance512's answer, it sounds that way.
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