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by Freak_NL 1492 days ago
Even with a database of hashes the risk remains. If someone gets off on nude children, then there is nothing stopping them from collecting innocent photographs from social media¹, reposting these on seedy or oniony websites, and have the hash ending up in the huge black box of CSAM hashes by an automated scraper. I am not under the impression that such a database is curated too closely.

1: This is not something I'm personally at risk of, because my parents are tech savvy enough not to post nude pics of a toddler anywhere but in a private chat with his parents (i.e., me and my wife).