rickdeckard

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by rickdeckard 5d ago
I remember there was a patent from Apple for a QR-code which would cause devices to stop filming when it's detected... The idea was for concert venues display these on-stage to block smartphones from filming (and redirect users to iTun
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by rickdeckard 5d ago
Always worth to note: DXOMARK sells test equipment and consulting services for (among others) camera tuning. Naturally, they won't attack the image quality of a customer who purchased their test equipment and/or consulting service
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Apple doesn't validate the content of the image, you will have to trust that it's my dog. You wanna buy it now or not? /s
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
I agree, but for this to matter, a critical amount of fraud should be based on people uploading modified photos of ID's. If someone took a picture of a fake ID in the past, this method will bring no benefit, it will just add Apple as a
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Might be boring, but in 2026 "clean high ISOs" in phone-sized sensors mainly comes from image post-processing (stuff like multi-frame merging is done even when shooting "RAW"). Post-processing requires a stable (albeit n
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Those are two fundamentally different things: 1. OIS (optical stabilization) ensures that the light photons consistently hit the same pixel, removing the blur caused by camera-shake during exposure. 2. EIS (electrical stabilization) via cro
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Well, that happened because in ~2011 the entire media industry announced that they will stop media playback on devices which didn't secure the DRM-keys. As media consumption was fundamental to the Smartphone ecosystem, Google made secu
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Your guess is as good as mine...
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
You fail to understand the difference between a feature having perceived "universal value" and that same feature being applied universally in all price-segments of a device. These are, and I cannot overemphasize this, two differen
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
This is not what I wrote and a very bad-faith statement of yours. There is universal value in many features, yet they didn't become a commodity in all smartphone-tiers. I don't see how and why this feature should become a default
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Me neither, so your reply should be on the parent, because it states "And if it catches on, other phone vendors will provide a similar service."
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
> No, because images will be confirmed to have been taken on "this iPhone". Actually the description of Apple makes explicit statements AGAINST that: Quote: Privacy preservation: an outside observer cannot determine whether a
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
> Doesn't OIS increase the size of a sensor by roughly half No, you can apply smartphone OIS-tech on any sensor, stabilization is achieved via the lens-array, not the sensor. The size of the module slightly increases but that'
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Yes, the whole insurance self-service is built on smartphones having a camera. But the assumption that smartphone cameras, including those used in 99USD smartphones, will become 100% cryptographic cameras in a few years is highly unlikely,
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
So the insurance would then, instead of contracting the current service-provider for the 3rd party app, contract also with Apple and, let's say Samsung? And then stop the 3rd party app which is vendor-agnostic and works on all devices?
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
> I struggle to see how cost could be a factor here. Okay. In good faith, I'll go with you: If COST is not a factor, why does the Galaxy A16 still have no OIS (Optical Image Stabilization)? Unlike this trusted-imaging service, OIS w
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Okay, this doesn't answer the question on the vector but is another interesting example. Let's expand on that one then: Banks are offloading the trusted process of ID verification to an untrusted entity (end-user, merchant,...) an
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
To me the weakest spot of this whole endeavor is how this will create false confidence in a story just because the accompanying images pass Apple's verification. Like with the Watch Ultra (attacking the diving-watch market with the she
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
Not the OP, but yes, other vendors will be able to support that as well. But a camera sensor that has 1. a public/private key exchanged during device-production (production-cost), 2. the capability to reboot in a cryptographic mode (R&
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
I don't understand the vector of this: An insurance would either assign #1 an insurance agent or mechanic to initially assess the damage (trusted) or #2 ask the customer to send pictures (untrusted). Tendency is #2 for cost-saving of t
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
According to the description in the article, "an outside observer cannot determine whether any pair of reference images were taken by the same device." and they "avoid even implicit public association between different pho
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by rickdeckard 10d ago
What I'm saying is literally The usage of the term "anti-American" by anyone in a public role should be rejected as insufficient definition and unfit for a representative to use. Especially when glanced-over mid-sentence, t
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
Which is not what I'm saying, I'm saying to NOT let him use this term. How can you miss this fundamental aspect of what I'm repeatedly stating? "Sad."
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
For you that might be a confident definition, for others it might not mean "anti-constitutional" but "against the declaration of independence", for even others it might not create any clear association at all. That'
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
What I read is "what it means to be American" is more clear in ideology and values as "what it means to be German", and I can only wholeheartedly disagree with that. As someone who is neither born American nor German, I
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
Sorry, I don't know what this conversation is about. This is not about a "concept", it is about the label itself. When the term "anti-American" is used, it is a placeholder for "against my values" . Noone
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
And what I'm trying to explain is, that this paper doesn't matter if it is represented by someone who doesn't uphold its content. Germany had the Paulskirche-, the Bismarck- and the Weymar-Constitution, all of them before tha
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
And that's the weak link of tying ideals and values to a location like a country: The group elected to lead and represent this location also represent ideals and values, so THEIR ideals and values become inseparable of the location the
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
It could e.g. be "anti-democratic" by a universal definition of democracy and civil liberties which no single country then gets to fork and redefine...
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by rickdeckard 11d ago
While I understand the intention of what you're saying, you're still attempting a definition of the term "anti-American", which needs no definition as the term should be rejected as a whole.

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