nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqlse4pfx8qmlw529cl8xq4xdz2n80yjla3a6k5yvvva78udm05uvsce9wrc Reminds me of Brecht's poem Motto:
In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.
nostr:npub1a4tgkd6mnw6565svfaqvfsxj0auyt7gdagtterm2skxnwrtr3a9sp9q9yj But what does the API provider do? Relocate to outside the US?
nostr:npub1u27r9h3j9pvrplaffsmpn698e8xhmuqhdgcxldv67ammql9pumnqha3qfq Are you planning to go into the business? Or is this more general curiosity?
nostr:npub1a4tgkd6mnw6565svfaqvfsxj0auyt7gdagtterm2skxnwrtr3a9sp9q9yj and how are you supposed to test your hash algorithm?
nostr:npub1u27r9h3j9pvrplaffsmpn698e8xhmuqhdgcxldv67ammql9pumnqha3qfq
I've never tried it, but typically there are dummy/safe values for testing. Although I think a common approach for CSAM is just to feed all images to an API provider who gives you back a conclusion, in which case you test differently.
So possession of child pornography is illegal in the US even if your goal is to write code that can detect child pornography.
How does anybody solve this problem?
(Reading through the notes of today's SWICG's call on the subject https://github.com/swicg/meetings/tree/main/2023-08-04)
nostr:npub1u27r9h3j9pvrplaffsmpn698e8xhmuqhdgcxldv67ammql9pumnqha3qfq I think the short answer is "hashing". See, e.g.:
https://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/ncmecdata
https://www.thorn.org/reporting-child-sexual-abuse-content-shared-hash/
https://www.thorn.org/blog/hashing-detect-child-sex-abuse-imagery/
Holy shit. In less than 24 hours, I have had two apparently earnest white dudes in entirely separate discussions suggest that maybe the best way to deal with Mastodon being a bad experience for many Black people is to have more Black-run instances. To which Black people would presumably move for safety. That is, their solution to white racism is segregation.
Not only is digital ethnic cleansing is one of the fucking goals of a lot of the racist shitheads, but this also makes it the job of Black people to clean up after white racism. Which is itself systemic racism. How about instead, white people take on the responsibility of limiting the ability of other white people to cause racist harm?