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@Kerosene @HonkHonkBoom @pernia @sendpaws @7666 @sun @allison @bronze @The_Vampire_Brigade @scathach
@beardalaxy @Kerosene @HonkHonkBoom @pernia @sendpaws @7666 @sun @bronze @The_Vampire_Brigade @scathach cuckflare users get cuckflared as they damn well deserve, many such cases
@allison @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach if you want to know why this is a good read
https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-csam-scanning-tool/
Tl;dr, it uses "fuzzy hashing" to stop pedos from changing a few parts of the image to break the hash detection (demonstrated with normal images) and as a result it's easy to see how that can cause a problem.
@sendpaws @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach This is almost as bad as PhotoDNA containing enough data to reconstruct actual CSAM from the proprietary hash.
@7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach To quote the post
"The challenge was if criminal producers and distributors of CSAM knew exactly how such tools worked then they might be able to craft how they alter their images in order to beat it. To be clear, Cloudflare will be running the CSAM Screening Tool on behalf of the website operator from within our secure points of presence. We will not be distributing the software directly to users. We will remain vigilant for potential attempted abuse of the platform, and will take prompt action as necessary."
This is the other problems with these tools. It sounds vigilant on paper, that the pedos won't have access to it, but it creates another problem. What if you're a small site owner, who now has to comply with the new "ban CSAM" law and you want to do this because you think pedos should burn too, but they willingly won't let you for whatever reason they feel like?
Hence, it's why that site I mentioned had to develop a method to stop spam by using AI.
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@sendpaws @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach my thought is that the csam producing parties know there's an informational asymmetry here and are using it to destroy the entire internet before they're able to be prosecuted in the full knowledge that the big producers have already cut deals with feds et al. to not be prosecuted, so the conseuqnces only fall on those poor sods who aren't in the business of producing or distributing csam. many such cases as they say!!
@allison @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @sendpaws @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @scathach lets build secretive censorship and government reporting infrastructure run on millions of sites using our man in the middle saas product
@sun @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @sendpaws @HonkHonkBoom @scathach hate cuckflare like you wouldnt believe 
@bronze @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @sendpaws @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach unfortunately cloudflare is too useful to ignore for very small sites
sure there's alternatives like fastly, but i'm sure they all do the same stuff
(guess when i turned on cloudflare for wolfgirl.bar)
sure there's alternatives like fastly, but i'm sure they all do the same stuff
(guess when i turned on cloudflare for wolfgirl.bar)
@skylar @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach >fastly
That's how cohost got raped, the thing with Fastly is they aren't free and want you to pay up while Cloudflare gives you sick deals for small sites.
@sendpaws @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach they do have a free tier at least, i've had it for over a year, but we'll see if it sticks around
@skylar @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach cohost went full retard
They paid their 4 guys out of a $400k donation 90k, leaving $40k for the site. Then they got sweet talked into using Fastly. Also 2/4 of their employees didn't do much but maybe be jannies.
@skylar @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @The_Vampire_Brigade @beardalaxy @allison @sendpaws @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach
>1.5 Mbit sustained.
You've lowered nothing to even more nothing.
>1.5 Mbit sustained.
You've lowered nothing to even more nothing.
@bronze @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @beardalaxy @allison @sendpaws @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach That why my instance will use anubis I just need to figure out is anubis a good cloud server
@The_Vampire_Brigade @7666 @pernia @Kerosene @beardalaxy @allison @bronze @HonkHonkBoom @sun @scathach Anubis is like expecting your local police department to show up within 10 minutes: a joke.
It got bypassed when AI companies/scrapers threw more resources at it to bypass the challenges.
