University of Waterloo experts say watermarks are not enough to combat dangers of deepfakes and we ‘don’t have the tools’ to ...

New research from the University of Waterloo's Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute demonstrates that any artificial ...

This was originally identified by X user Tibor Blaho, who spotted a mention of “image-gen-watermark-for-free” in a beta ...

Boffins insist your deepfake tracking tech won't work Computer scientists with the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, ...

A woodblock print art exhibition will kick off in Guangzhou-based Ji'nan University in the provincial capital on Thursday, providing young students in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay ...

Chinese Q&A platform Zhihu has been accused of using hidden digital watermarks that allow it to locate users who take and share screenshots from the site, raising privacy concerns over the move.

The trouble with these subtle watermarks is that they tend to be obliterated by even minor modifications to the media. Resize the image? There goes your pixel-perfect code.

"Visible watermarks are often designed to contain complex structures such as thin lines and shadows in order to make them harder to remove," they point out.

Second, bad actors can create fake watermarks and trick many watermark detectors. Third, some open-source models will continue to lack watermarks even after the adoption of watermarking requirements.

Standards needed for media watermarks Watermarks: A better DRM than DRM itself? What a GREAT idea! Written by Marc Wagner, Contributor Dec. 7, 2005, 2:52 a.m. PT ...