Hide&Seek: Remove Image Watermarks with Negligible Cost via Pixel-wise Reconstruction
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| author | Chen, Huajie Zhu, Tianqing Yang, Hailin Zhong, Yuchen Zhang, Yang Sun, Hui Xu, Heng Ying, Zuobin Yin, Lihua Zhou, Wanlei |
| author_facet | Chen, Huajie Zhu, Tianqing Yang, Hailin Zhong, Yuchen Zhang, Yang Sun, Hui Xu, Heng Ying, Zuobin Yin, Lihua Zhou, Wanlei |
| contents | Watermarking has emerged as a key defense against the misuse of machine-generated images (MGIs). Yet the robustness of these protections remains underexplored. To reveal the limits of SOTA proactive image watermarking defenses, we propose HIDE&SEEK (HS), a suite of versatile and cost-effective attacks that reliably remove embedded watermarks while preserving high visual fidelity. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Hide&Seek: Remove Image Watermarks with Negligible Cost via Pixel-wise Reconstruction Chen, Huajie Zhu, Tianqing Yang, Hailin Zhong, Yuchen Zhang, Yang Sun, Hui Xu, Heng Ying, Zuobin Yin, Lihua Zhou, Wanlei Cryptography and Security Artificial Intelligence Watermarking has emerged as a key defense against the misuse of machine-generated images (MGIs). Yet the robustness of these protections remains underexplored. To reveal the limits of SOTA proactive image watermarking defenses, we propose HIDE&SEEK (HS), a suite of versatile and cost-effective attacks that reliably remove embedded watermarks while preserving high visual fidelity. |
| title | Hide&Seek: Remove Image Watermarks with Negligible Cost via Pixel-wise Reconstruction |
| topic | Cryptography and Security Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.01067 |