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Main Authors: Hofer, Nora, Böhme, Rainer
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05490
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author Hofer, Nora
Böhme, Rainer
author_facet Hofer, Nora
Böhme, Rainer
contents Neural compression has the potential to revolutionize lossy image compression. Based on generative models, recent schemes achieve unprecedented compression rates at high perceptual quality but compromise semantic fidelity. Details of decompressed images may appear optically flawless but semantically different from the originals, making compression errors difficult or impossible to detect. We explore the problem space and propose a provisional taxonomy of miscompressions. It defines three types of 'what happens' and has a binary 'high impact' flag indicating miscompressions that alter symbols. We discuss how the taxonomy can facilitate risk communication and research into mitigations.
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spellingShingle A Taxonomy of Miscompressions: Preparing Image Forensics for Neural Compression
Hofer, Nora
Böhme, Rainer
Cryptography and Security
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Neural compression has the potential to revolutionize lossy image compression. Based on generative models, recent schemes achieve unprecedented compression rates at high perceptual quality but compromise semantic fidelity. Details of decompressed images may appear optically flawless but semantically different from the originals, making compression errors difficult or impossible to detect. We explore the problem space and propose a provisional taxonomy of miscompressions. It defines three types of 'what happens' and has a binary 'high impact' flag indicating miscompressions that alter symbols. We discuss how the taxonomy can facilitate risk communication and research into mitigations.
title A Taxonomy of Miscompressions: Preparing Image Forensics for Neural Compression
topic Cryptography and Security
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05490