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The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 weeks ago by will_a113@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And I just assumed they called Rainbolt

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[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nope it's pentesting. Gotta keep up with IT terminology. If the author didn't intend it, it's malware.

If any spyware or back doors are found, foss community can quickly deal with it.

This happened with xz, a rogue maintainer snuck in malware which was by chance found. But there would be no chance if it were closed source or talented maintainers were so appreciated by society that they were mourned after starving to death.