Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

> Microsoft's PhotoDNA scanning is not just in OneDrive, through the Microsoft's eco-system. Basically, if you are using your Microsoft account to sign in to Windows 11, PhotoDNA scans your entire computer. This information came directly from Microsoft Support.

This sounds like a horrible privacy violation. Is it true? What do they do if they find a match?

Re: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

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Post by batch12 » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

Is it a specific picture of the face or any picture of it?

Re: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

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Post by seemaze » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

Ooph, what midlevel SWE at MS did he rub the wrong way..?

Re: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

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Post by xeromal » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC

ltbarcly3 wrote: post #4

Why does he keep using that picture?

It's his face

Re: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

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Post by bawolff » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC

Wait, reading between the lines it thinks his face is CSAM?

I guess its a hash collision, but that is pretty crazy. Sounds like the plot to a scifi dystopia.

Re: Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem

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Post by 9991 » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC

ltbarcly3 wrote: post #4

Why does he keep using that picture?

Wrong question. Why does he continue to do business with a company who clearly doesn't want him?