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hlthe2b

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1. I don't claim to know details about OCR, but I have some IT friends that cite a lot of security concerns

Reply to CloudWatcher (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 05:57 PM

Jul 2024

about OCR and its adoption. When an OCR appears on the tv screen, some of them have told me never to point my phone at it for reasons involving the ability to hack the phone...

Maybe some of the IT gurus can weigh in... Overblown concerns or not? (and yes, I acknowledge use of OCR on a protected website likely affords a very different risk than such public examples)

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Feature request: OCR for Search [View all] CloudWatcher Jul 2024 OP

I don't claim to know details about OCR, but I have some IT friends that cite a lot of security concerns hlthe2b Jul 2024 #1

Risks CloudWatcher Jul 2024 #2

Ahhh, thanks for the explanation... hlthe2b Jul 2024 #3