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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lots of conjecture in the comments about how he got caught. Too bad nobody read the article.

Web-based generative AI tools/chatbots

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he created fake AI CSAM—but using imagery of real kids.

All the privacy apps in the world won't save you if you're uploading pics to a cloud service.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

And...that's still not how he got caught. He hit a child porn honey pot and they got his IP.

I would have assumed all his AI work was local on his own server.