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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images

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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images

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Technology@beehaw.org · 24 hours ago

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Reverse engineering reveals how Paint and Photos embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images.

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1.67 MB in size, which is unusually large for such trivial functionality

Don’t underestimate Microsoft’s ability to write bloated software. Any sloppy developer really.

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