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Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes by dannyw on Friday August 06, 2021 @11:45PM (#28095500)
There actually is a man involved: enough similarities and a human will review the photos. Every algorithm, especially perceptual hashing, will have false positives, and at Apple's scale, some people's private and intimate photos will be false positives and be exposed to a man looking at it.
Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes by visarga on Saturday August 07, 2021 @12:59AM (#28095839)
> some people's private and intimate photos will be false positives and be exposed to a man looking at it

and deciding who gets reported to police based on their cultural views on nudity

Re:The Problem with Perceptual Hashes by jeromegv on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:28AM (#28098823)
I think the point of the OP is that it was already the case before when you were using iCloud photos. The scan was server side.