[minimaxir]

I'm annoyed that Google is keeping it closed-sourced and limited to partners. Is there a negative externality about open-sourcing image watermark technology so anyone can use it and audit the watermarks independently? If not, then I may have a repository for an open-source invisible and tamper-resistant image watermarking approach that's feature complete...

[bsder]

The fact that they have to keep this closed source is a giant red flag. It means that you can copy it or strip it if you have the knowledge.

I'm not all that worried about stripping it (I'm sure that's trivial).

The problem that I am worried about is that it can be copied (I'd bet $20 that's trivial, too). People WILL put this on images so that they can be "discredited".

[thisisthenewme]

potentially to stop bad actors from poisoning datasets by just adding the filter to real pictures?

[parhamn]

might be easier to strip it?