#هل Some files you exchange daily may contain hidden codes used to track you!
✅ This technology is known as digital watermarks (Digital Watermarking)
They are not like visible logos or tags, but rather data embedded within the file in a way that makes it invisible to the average user, yet detectable via specialized tools and techniques.
🚫 How is this done practically:
✨ In images: Tiny pixels are modified that do not change the appearance of the image but carry a digital signature.
✨ In videos: Time or sound signals are integrated that humans cannot hear but reveal the source of the copy.
✨ In PDF or Word files: Internal codes are added that do not appear during browsing but remain in the file's data.
🛸 Its uses:
✅ Protecting intellectual property: To ensure that owned images or videos are not copied without permission.
✅ Tracking leaks: Used within large companies to identify the employee who leaked a specific document.
✅ Legal action: In case stolen content is published, the tag helps identify the responsible party.
💜 But what is the problem, and why is it considered controversial:
⚪️ Privacy violation: Some companies add these tags in files sent to the public without clarifying that.
⚪️ Malicious intent: A false tag can be planted to accuse someone who did not actually share the content.
⚪️ Lack of transparency: There are no clear laws forcing companies to inform you that their files are "monitored."
🎯 This technology actually exists in some well-known applications and platforms, but few are aware of it... and therein lies the mystery and excitement.
⭕️ Should content creators and platforms be forced to inform users about the presence of these tags? Or is "silent protection" justifiable.
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