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If google cached them as soon as they were received wouldn't they, in some cases, effectively perform a DoS attack on whatever was hosting the image? I.e. if a
by bloaf 13y ago
If google cached them as soon as they were received wouldn't they, in some cases, effectively perform a DoS attack on whatever was hosting the image? I.e. if a spammer sent out 1,000,000 emails w/ images they were hosting, they would immediately receive 1,000,000 requests for the image.
- FiloSottile 13y agoI think such a behavior is really easily spotted and filtered, if not already blocked by spam filters. Google has the technology to do that, the question is whether they want to put in the investment of storage required to actually guarantee users privacy, of if they just want to spend the least amount they can get away with...