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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images (xusheng.dev)
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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images (xusheng.dev)
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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images :: Xusheng Li (xusheng.dev)
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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images (xusheng.dev)
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Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images (xusheng.dev)
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TL;DR

  • Microsoft Paint supports both local and cloud image generation;
  • Paint and Photos also ship local AI models;
  • The two apps send the prompt to a remote server for moderation;
  • The server returns a GUID along with the moderated prompt;
  • The GUID is embedded into the locally generated image as an invisible watermark;
  • A separate visible-watermark setting does not control this invisible watermark;
  • On Copilot+ PCs, image generation is local but prompt moderation remains remote;
  • Microsoft discloses that Paint adds C2PA metadata to AI-generated images;
  • AI-generated image saves limited to C2PA-preserving formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, and .paint .
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MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID (xusheng.dev)
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