Why does he keep using that picture?
The whole point of PhotoDNA (CSAM scanner) is that it can detect variations of photos without them being identical and without having CSAM to directly compare it to.
Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem
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#32>I had at least 12 Microsoft accounts immediately closed What?
What what?
I take it you're not one of the many people who've had a dozen different services over the years get bought up by Microsoft, then forcefully migrated to multiple Microsoft Accounts, and then lose access to all of them?
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#33the police part makes me really question what is going on here and the validity of this report.
if you get multiple child sexual abuse material (CSAM) matches, the police will be knocking on (down) your door. microsoft isnt going to nicely ask you to go down the the police station. they dont even contact local police, they forward the information to the appropriate national entity (e.g. NCMEC) who coordinates the law enforcement response.
and if it isnt CSAM related, microsoft is not going to be contacting your local police, period.
something isnt adding up here. i suspect this post is ragebait.
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#34This is why I regularly reset my face.
Philip K Dick enters the chat...
Through A Scanner Darkly, indeed.
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#35> Microsoft wanted me to confirm my age, that I was a "real person" along with identity. So Microsoft somehow reached out to the police department, based on my address information in my Microsoft accounts, with a check of some kind. I had to go to the local police department to verify who I was and my age. The police department told me it was odd. They are just following up on Microsoft complaint. This happened a few…
That sounds like straight up scammer behavior. "Yes, this is Microsoft calling. We need to confirm your info with the local authorities."
> That sounds like straight up scammer behavior. "
Microsoft reached out to the police department, then the person went to the local police department to verify who they were. I don't see how this could be a scam.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
That sounds like straight up scammer behavior. "Yes, this is Microsoft calling. We need to confirm your info with the local authorities."
> That sounds like straight up scammer behavior. " Microsoft reached out to the police department, then the person went to the local police department to verify who they were. I don't see how this could be a scam.
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#38> Microsoft wanted me to confirm my age, that I was a "real person" along with identity. So Microsoft somehow reached out to the police department, based on my address information in my Microsoft accounts, with a check of some kind. I had to go to the local police department to verify who I was and my age. The police department told me it was odd. They are just following up on Microsoft complaint. This happened a few…
> The police department told me it was odd. They are just following up on Microsoft complaint. Since when does your local police department respond to a "Microsoft complaint?"
they dont. and microsoft doesnt contact local police. this post is dubious.
if its CSAM related (which is implied via photodna involvement), microsoft does not contact local police. they contact NCMEC (or the appropriate equivalent), who then coordinates the law enforcement response.
if it isnt CSAM, microsoft does not contact local police to aid with support, because that would be ridiculous to coordinate over a billion accounts across tens of thousands of police departments around the world. and police forces would obviously not tolerate acting as microsoft support personnel.
there has to be a substantial amount of missing context, or this story is (partially? fully?) fabricated, or the user is mistaken/wasnt talking to microsoft.
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#39Does this mean a Windows PC associated with a Microsoft account will scan images accessible on mapped file shares?