Samsung running a TensorFlow lite model on 960x540 image to track you

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Samsung devices were found running an INT8 quantized TensorFlow Lite model on 960x540 images every few seconds to identify which game the user is playing.

Key points

•The device runs an INT8 quantized TensorFlow Lite model on 960x540 images every few seconds.
•The model is named 'alex.tflite', appears to be AlexNet, and seems to follow torchvision.m...
•The purpose of this process is to determine which game the user is playing.

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#Security & Misuse #Major Players #Samsung#TensorFlow Lite

#Security & Misuse#Major Players#Samsung#TensorFlow Lite

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