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Google already scans for CSAM on stuff uploaded to drive. The idea that they'd start using it for copyrighted material is a spurious claim considering they've m

Google already scans for CSAM on stuff uploaded to drive. The idea that they'd start using it for copyrighted material is a spurious claim considering they've made no indication of doing so in the past.

artificial 5y ago
Google drive already scans hashes. https://torrentfreak.com/google-drive-uses-hash-matching-detect-pirated-content/ https://torrentfreak.com/google-drive-uses-hash-matching-det...
ehsankia 5y ago
Yeah, all cloud provides do, this isn't new. The only reason Apple's version was controversial is that they did it on your own device instead of their own server, but scanning files on cloud services is common practice.
ravenstine 5y ago
Aren't you forgetting that Google already practices this with YouTube? The idea they'd apply it to Google Drive doesn't seem particularly spurious to me. It might end up not being true, but what exactly is farfetched about this?
johnhowardstein 5y ago