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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by LeifCarrotson on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:41PM (#36299770)
Or before the images accompanying a comparison article between a Samsung Scene Optimizer moonshot and $4,800 Sony astrophotography rig become completely incomprehensible:

https://www.inverse.com/input/reviews/is-samsung-galaxy-s21-...

https://www.samsungmobilepress.com/feature-stories/how-samsu...

Don't want to bring too many Reddit memes over, but if the browser enhances the images on both sides of the comparison, and corporate wants you to identify the differences... what can you say but "they're the same picture"?

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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by KennyBlanken on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:44PM (#36301619)
Just to be clear, Samsung was caught using basic pattern matching to detect the camera being pointed at the moon, triggering wholescale substitution with the image from the $4.5k camera. A redditor blurred an image of the moon, took a photo of the blurry image on their screen, and got the high-res image.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moo...

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