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"we care about privacy" Yes, yes I do. but I also live in a society that requires trust to function. making a tool the obliterates that trust(genAI imagery pipelines) then creating a tool that makes it trivial for normal people to remove any hint of controls over said trust eroding system is, toxic. I get the argument about not putting in fingerprints that identify users, Good I agree. But this also removes the thing…
> No really, why would I _need_ to remove a watermark for _legitimate_ purposes? When removing the watermark is easy, a very legitimate purpose of making the code to do it publicly available is to make a public demonstration that it's easy to do. As for content use cases, suppose someone is using AI to modify their appearance because they're being unjustly targeted by an oppressive government. That government natural…
Then use a mask like everyone else. digital mask, one that obscures.
which is my main point, no, there isn't a legitimate need.
realtime avatars don't generally have invisible watermarks, also they are running from your machine, otherwise you've got a (normally credit card) trail to your front door. plus a video stream
also if you are generating stuff from a public provider, then tracing people isn't that hard to do.