17-08-2017 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com

Google researchers made an algorithm to delete watermarks from photos

Researchers at Google have found a vulnerability in the way watermarks are used by stock imagery sites like Adobe Stock that makes it possible to remove the opaque stamp used to protect copyright.
The consistent nature in which the watermarks are placed on photos can be exploited using an algorithm trained to recognize and automatically remove watermarks.
“As often done with vulnerabilities discovered in operating systems, applications or protocols, we want to disclose this vulnerability a
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