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Re:Google Pixel camera consistently blurring out The North F... by userbinator on Sunday April 21, 2024 @04:43PM (#40109061)
Photos that have undergone such processing should not be admissable as evidence in court.

...and from an even more dystopian angle, although this may be a "bug", it shows just how easy it is for them to selectively change how things appear if they wanted to.

Re:Google Pixel camera consistently blurring out The North F... by _boffin_ on Sunday April 21, 2024 @05:08PM (#40109274)
Re:Google Pixel camera consistently blurring out The North F... by 8organicbits on Monday April 22, 2024 @08:13AM (#40113602)
It could be dismissed under Daubert. You'd need an expert witness to show that the camera in question does not provide evidence in a way that follows well established scientific methods, or doesn't have a known error rate. The judge is then the gate keeper and can choose if it's suitable. For a camera that applies a bunch of random hacks that the engineering team pulled out of thin air, it seems possible.