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Facebook to Fight Revenge Porn by Letting Potential Victims Upload Nudes in Advance
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This new protection system works similar to the anti-child-porn detection systems in use at Facebook, and other social media giants like Google, Twitter, Instagram, and others.
It works on a database of file hashes, a cryptographic signature computed for each file.
Facebook says that once an abuser tries to upload an image marked as "revenge porn" in its database, its system will block the upload process. This will work for images shared on the main Facebook service, but also for images shared privately via Messenger, Facebook's IM app. Potential victims will need to upload nude photos of themselves
The weird thing is that in order to build a database of "revenge porn" file hashes, Facebook will rely on potential victims uploading a copy of the nude photo in advance.
This process involves the victim sending a copy of the nude photo to his own account, via Facebook Messenger. This implies uploading a copy of the nude photo on Facebook Messenger, the very same act the victim is trying to prevent.
The victim can then report the photo to Facebook, which will create a hash of the image that the social network will use to block further uploads of the same photo.
This is possible because in April this year, Facebook modified its image reporting process to take into account images showing "revenge porn" acts.
Facebook says it's not storing a copy of the photo, but only computing the file's hash and adding it to its database of revenge porn imagery.
Victims who fear that former or current partners may upload a nude photo online can pro-actively take this step to block the image from ever being uploaded on Facebook and shared among friends.
We won't be doing this. I don't even want to see hashes of you folks naked.
Facebook asks Australians to send nude photos, for safety
"Worried that an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend might post your intimate photos on the internet? Facebook says it has a solution – as long as you'll hand over the photos first.
The social media giant recently announced its new plan to combat "revenge porn," when individuals post nude photos online without the consent of the subject." http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/11/08/facebook-says-it-needs-your-explicit-photos-to-combat-revenge-porn.html
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday November 13 2017, @04:27PM
Let's use a hypothetical example.
Let's suppose there is this person, Killary Flinton. Killary uploads lots of picture hashes to block these pictures from ever appearing on FaceTwit. Killary claims these are embarrassing pictures taken earlier in life when Killary wanted to prove having larger testicles than any other candidate. FaceTwit accepts Killary's explanation of why these pictures should never appear on FaceTwit.
Now there is this other person Ronald Rump.
It turns out that the picture hashes Killary uploaded are actually pictures of Ronald Rump that Killary want to block. Killary's diabolical plan to rule the world is that Killary can get elected by blocking all possible imagery of Rump.
Therefore humans at facebook need to see the naked pictures:
1. in order to prevent abuse
2. looking at hashes is not as gratifying as looking at pictures
Hope that helps. :-)
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