Ask HN: How would tracking illegal streams via watermark work?

2 pointsby cdvonstinkpotover 7 years ago

I see this [1] article re: identifying & tracking individuals watching illegal streams, but I fail to see how it could work technically. Wouldn't there need to be something installed &running locally to identify & report the watermark?<p>[1]:<p>https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/08/28/mystery-code-appeared-in-pirated-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-streams-report-says.amp.html

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wmfover 7 years ago

The content owners receive the pirate streams so they can easily see the watermark.<p>Also, quite a few devices detect the Cinavia watermark and they generally don't advertise it. If Hollywood had their way, every TV and monitor would have watermark detection in it.