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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by TacticalCoder on Monday June 12, 2023 @04:13PM (#36300282)
> This is just bananas to me that a browser would perform "super resolution" at all, much less by default.

But it's really not the issue here.

They invented "super resolution" just as they could have used "ultra denoiser" or "elite acne spot remover" or whatever other bullshit term they think they could use to get away with to "explain" why they're sniffing pictures.

The goal is to send the images to Microsoft and nothing else.

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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by account42 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:33AM (#36323490)
All of these other "enhancements" would be just as unreasonable to apply to web images by default even if done entirely locally. Both the exfiltration and the non-standard rendering are issues here.
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