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I just recently learned about ACR. My first thought was to set up an LG TV in the basement and stream non-stop p0rn for 3 months or so. Then see what ads start showing up for me. Like, I wonder if there's a target group called "Creeps addicted to p0rn."

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just to clarify: ACR is actually not taking a screenshot, it calculates a fingerprint of the picture and sends it to a server.

The fingerprint is then checked against a database of some common content, to understand whether you're watching some Movie/Series on DVD/BluRay or with an external set-top-box.

Not sure if porn is even fingerprinted in that database, would probably be 100% more fingerprints... /s

Watch Netflix Cuties on loop? Since it's Netflix it's probably in the database, yet the internet believes it's legalized child porn. I wouldn't know of course.

That makes me wonder: If someone's ACR-enabled TV shows a lot of CSAM, are the cops gonna come kick down their door?

No, as the point was already made, illegal CSAM isn't in the ACR database.

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