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South Korean Forums Will Need to Scan Every Images with AI Censorship Tools

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/south-korean-online-communities-will-need-to-scan-every-images-with-ai-censorship-tools/38341

#HackerNews #SouthKorea #AI #Censorship #OnlineCommunities #PrivacyTech #DigitalRights #ImageScanning

South Korean Online Communities Will Need to Scan Every Images with AI Censorship Tools

I’m not fluent in law so I might be wrong, but the law itself roughly states about illegally filmed porns without subject’s consent, and CSAM materials. But in practice, it is much worse. South Korea has been pushing to classify creative works like drawings and novels as CSAM if it contains minors. If you drew NSFW fanart about some 2D anime character that is 17 years old? yup, that is CSAM right there, prepare for interrogation and jail time. While porn is basically illegal in South Korea, A...

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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMay 17, 2025

MakeUseOf: How to Scan Old Photos With Your Phone and Actually Make Them Look Good . “As a child of the 90s, I have tons of old photos from my childhood on printed film, as well as decades of family photos all tucked away in boxes and albums. Scanning and digitizing old photos is difficult work without the right equipment, but you can easily scan film photos using your phone and get great […]

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Show threadGrantJan 22, 2023

@toor

Nope.

It's pretty obvious this is either deliberate misinformation or tribal drivel, but either way, it's been meticulously dismantled by someone with >30yrs experience. (The comments are worth reading too, as an understanding of how fear works and is/can be employed).

#scanning #surveillance #imagescanning #privacy

https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/18/is-apple-checking-images-we-view-in-the-finder/

Is Apple checking images we view in the Finder?

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TheCityDweller Jan 21, 2023

So you're still using #Apple devices and Apple systems?

MacOS sends #image files data on local filesystems on your local devices on your local computer to Apple.
The absolute nightmare. Who wants this? Who is ready to continue this system despite this?

https://sneak.berlin/20230115/macos-scans-your-local-files-now/

#scanning #surveillance #imagescanning #privacy

Jeffrey Paul: Apple Has Begun Scanning Your Local Image Files Without Consent