4 ms·
You think an MD5 collision is more likely than a wrongly classified image? NCMEC generated the hashes Apple will use by running NCMEC's collection of forbidden
by pseudalopex 5y ago
You think an MD5 collision is more likely than a wrongly classified image?
NCMEC generated the hashes Apple will use by running NCMEC's collection of forbidden media through Apple's algorithm. And perceptual hashes have more collisions than cryptographic hashes.
Several people said the database includes non CSAM seized in investigations.[1]
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28069844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28069844
- notJim 5y agoThanks, it sounds like you're definitely right.