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Re:Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to inspect messages... by Ambroos on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:34AM (#28230672)
No reason why you can't just generate random images and add them to the real database, indistinguishable from actual hashes. As long as the test images aren't public it's low risk, and even if they leak they could be removed from the database and new test images could be generated.
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Re:Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to inspect messages... by johnny53169 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:18AM (#28230925)
Wouldn't that mean that people created a system that can be used with normal pictures? So your code was literally to flag an innocent photo?
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Re:Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to inspect messages... by testfoobar on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:40AM (#28230714)
That makes sense. I would still quit the team.
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