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The same thought crossed my mind as I read the article. How does Microsoft know what I'm storing in a private directory? Creepy level: 110%

• Jabbles 14y ago
  Probably by hashing your files and comparing them to a known list of "banned content". I imagine this is one of the ways Gmail disallows child-porn or malware to be sent. Less likely but more worryingly it could be skin-tone detection and other pornography detection algorithms with a human filter.
  • regularfry 14y ago
    In this case they were photos the guy took himself. It's hard to see how they would have got onto a blacklist unless Microsoft put them there.
  • dinkumthinkum 14y ago
    Naw, I think they just have cheap humans going through it. No big algorithms there. :)