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Stupid question: if there exists an unlimited photo storage service and it supports a lossless format, couldn't people use it as universal storage by splitting
by fenomas 11y ago
Stupid question: if there exists an unlimited photo storage service and it supports a lossless format, couldn't people use it as universal storage by splitting their files under the size limit and adding whatever header info is necessary to make them into PNGs?
- gruez 11y agoThey can check the amount of "randomness" in each photo to determine whether it's an actual photo or a disguised file.
- yclept 11y agoYou could probably use some steganographic techniques to embed your data in what looks like a real photo prior to uploading though c:
- joefkelley 11y agoGoogle has some serious chops when it comes to image recognition and machine learning. Telling the difference between a photo of a car and a photo of a train is much more difficult that telling the difference between a real photo and some random file encoded as a photo.
- Achshar 11y agoPretty sure it's like one afternoon's work for any google engineer to write some code to figure out when something like this is happening.