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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by zimpenfish on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:01AM (#28096427)
Ok but PhotoDNA has been doing this scanning for a decade, I believe, and none of these things have happened despite how easy it would seem to be?

Or have Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, etc., been doing this with such stealth that no-one has actually noticed it happening yet?

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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by barrkel on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:11AM (#28099133)
Those aren't run on edge devices. Apple's model saves them money and creates a capability - local scanning - which didn't exist before.
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Re:In internal memo, Apple addresses concerns around new Pho... by PartiallyTyped on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:10AM (#28097381)
Recall that apple devices include an ML accelerator, at some point or another, the next step down this slope will be adding this to the display pipeline.

PhotoDNA and similar are done in on-premises machines, nothing on your own private phone.

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