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by avnigo 5y ago
We hear a number for the threshold for the first time; from the video interview: > Threshold of [matches], something on the order of 30 known child pornographic images As I understood it, if around those number of matches are found on th
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Craig Federighi Explains ‘Misunderstood’ iPhone Child-Protection Features(wsj.com)
47 points by avnigo 5y ago|24 comments
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by avnigo 5y ago
Sorry, I can’t seem to edit the title anymore, but I have to say it wasn’t publicized or known at the time that the CEO and kitchen were rendered virtually, including his motions etc. for the 14 second clip. I tried to fit that in the chara
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by avnigo 5y ago
Direct link to video explanation from article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qhqZ9ECm70
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Nvidia’s “Kitchen” Keynote was faked (rendered) and nobody noticed(blogs.nvidia.com)
74 points by avnigo 5y ago|53 comments
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Google Bans Location Data Firm Funded by Former Saudi Intelligence Head(vice.com)
9 points by avnigo 5y ago|0 comments
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by avnigo 5y ago
From the article, emphasis my own: > So, at any given time, there are millions of bitcoin mining machines around the world looking to solve the puzzle and create the next block, and there’s a natural feedback mechanism to ensure that b
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by avnigo 5y ago
Reminds me of this fascinating Numberphile video [0] on how brains, human or otherwise, count. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1sPBCxlDQQ
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by avnigo 5y ago
On the subject of compromised devices: > And the idea that the most valuable thing that an attacker — who’s undergone such an extremely difficult action as breaching someone’s device — was that they would want to trigger a manual review
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Interview: Apple’s Head of Privacy details child abuse detection(techcrunch.com)
42 points by avnigo 5y ago|27 comments
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by avnigo 5y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense to grade all students on a curve, if what you're trying to do is effectively rank students for university admissions?
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by avnigo 5y ago
This looks brilliant, thanks for the recommendation. https://omar.website/tabfs/
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by avnigo 5y ago
It should be noted that the bitcoin network does not need to consume more energy to scale up: - Using more energy does not translate to more transactions committed to the ledger. Second and third layer solutions can handle the world's
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by avnigo 5y ago
> if you have one device (as many users do) and you lose that device you would lose all your data. Apple has given that excuse before, but they could just provide the option with a serious warning, or make you jump through a couple of ho
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Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why(swanbitcoin.com)
6 points by avnigo 5y ago|4 comments
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by avnigo 5y ago
A well-spoken related talk [0] by Glenn Greenwald on 'Why privacy matter' that serves as a good argument against 'nothing to hide'. [0]: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matter..
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by avnigo 5y ago
This report [0] is all I could find. I would have expected this to be more widely reported, and I'm surprised to see it isn't. [0]: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0319...
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by avnigo 5y ago
There are apps, like WhatsApp, that allow you to save photos you receive to your camera roll instantly. If somebody, or another compromised device sends a large collection of CSAM to your device, they will be uploaded to iCloud, probably be
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by avnigo 5y ago
The quote you referenced makes the distinction between committing (mining) transactions and validating. The energy used to validate transactions is indeed minimal. The energy used for validation is a useful metric because it's how th
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by avnigo 5y ago
Here's an informed article on bitcoin's energy use [0]. [0]: https://hbr.org/2021/05/how-much-energy-does-bitcoin-actuall...
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by avnigo 5y ago
Unless you're a public figure or celebrity. If I were, I wouldn't use iCloud photos, but that's not exactly how Apple markets their photo service.
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by avnigo 5y ago
Attitude is a term in geometry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientation_(geometry)
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by avnigo 5y ago
That's what I do when the language server fails me, but it's always good to have an offline reference to search in.
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by avnigo 5y ago
The article posted, as well as many others we've seen recently, demonstrate that collisions are possible, and most likely inevitable with the number of photos to be scanned for iCloud, and Apple recognizes this themselves. It doesn&#x2
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by avnigo 5y ago
> These cases will be manually reviewed. That is, according to Apple, an Apple employee will then look at your (flagged) pictures. I'm surprised this hasn't gotten enough traction outside of tech news media. Remember the mass c
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by avnigo 5y ago
I would want absolute transparency as to which of my photos have been exposed to the human review process and found to be false positives. Somehow I doubt we would ever get such transparency, even though it would be the right thing to do in
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by avnigo 5y ago
Not that I wholly agree with Apple's move due to other implications, but it has to be said that only photos that you have chosen to upload to iCloud will be scanned. So, in a sense, you do consent to having those photos scanned by usin
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by avnigo 5y ago
I see the argument, but the counterargument is that by you doing that, you could possibly be nurturing and perpetuating abuse. In effect, possessing such material may incentivize further production (and abuse), "macroeconomically"
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by avnigo 5y ago
> Once a certain number of photos are detected, the photos in question will be sent to human reviewers within Apple, who determine that the photos are in fact part of the CSAM database. If confirmed by the human reviewer, those photos wi
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by avnigo 5y ago
I’d be interested to see what any Apple executives would respond to the concerns in interviews, but I don’t expect Apple to issue a press release on the concerns.

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