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One of the (many) problems that porn websites that rely upon user-generated content have, is that its one-handed users often don't respect proper database use. As a consequence, you may have thousands of clips, all described with the same five words and two tags. That makes discovery and cataloging a problem, especially if you're looking for videos to cater to your very specific niche or favorite performer.

It's an issue that Pornhub is looking to remedy by implementing an artificial intelligence that will scrub through every frame of every video in its catalog. The system has been fed thousands of images of specific models and acts to create a database of names, faces and positions. Then, that data will be compared with the clips on Pornhub's system to automatically tag and catalog all of its vast library of content.

The system will then attempt to use computer vision to identify the act being carried out on screen at any given time. In (very, very unpublishable) clips shared with Engadget, the system was able to identify both the names of the performers in a scene, and what they were doing. Tags such as "blowjob," "doggy," "cowgirl," and "missionary" floated on screen with the corresponding action. The system is also capable of, for instance, identifying blonde performers and adding the requisite tags.

Currently, Pornhub groups videos by what other people watched on their research trail, combined with the aforementioned tags. In the future, it's hoped that visitors will be able to find clips according to Pornhub's AI smarts, with a confidence rating attached. If you're looking for Model X, you'll be shown all of the clips that the system believes they've performed in, alongside a percentage rating. Users will be asked to help train the machine further by up-voting correct guesses and down-voting errors.

The system has run through around 500,000 featured videos as of today, but the company is hoping to have cataloged its entire library by the start of 2018. And as dystopian as this all sounds, Pornhub has pledged that it will only tag professional, "known" models rather than amateurs. Not to mention that the system can't identify performers with masks or obscured faces. As a consequence, perma-masked BDSM / fetish performers like Emma Lee, and those looking for anonymity should be able to keep their identity off the site.

As creepy as this could sound (and, it does), the news also highlights AI's power to highlight and correct for human error. Pornhub could use the system to find low-quality duplicate clips and cut-downs of material and eliminate them. Not to mention that it can utilize machine vision and learning to effectively automate tagging and identification, plus description-writing. The end result should be better discoverability, higher quality videos and fewer duplicates. Should, at least.

Source: engadget.com

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It depends on the kind of bug you are referring to...
Your device could have a P.T.D. (Phone Transmitted Disease)
Does it have funny bumps all over it that weren't there before?
It could be "Phono"...
the little known relative to to the kissing sickness...Mono ...
and of course there is always the worst case of Mono...
Double-Mono...otherwise commonly known as ..Stereo....

You really should do the "sit-down" talk with your n900 ..
Ask it where it's been going out at night,
And who the "other" phones are ..it's been hangin' around with lately...
It is treatable ...
But in the future..
Always practice safe maemoing...
Use a phone condom...

Ok....[sigh] ...I suppose I should at least be a little serious and actually properly answer the question to your satisfaction.
in short and brief...[I prefer boxers myself...ok ...back to serious..]
No...we don't really have a virus prob. ...the odd time possible vulnerabilities ... solvable...but yeah...no ...no viruses ...

win. phone, droid, ipone...they got probs...high profile...they have the prominence of market share and numbers of users across the planet..hence will have a higher malware / viral risk......plus ...lotsa suckers..who don't know anything nor really want to know anything about their devices... waiting to be hit by bad, bad, bad stuff.
Sooooo...there it is DarthNokia...
come ...join the dark side...[Dibs! Said it to him 1st! ]

Since these phones are running essentially what is Linux, any techniques malicious people may use on Linux can be used on your phone too. Trojans, rootkits both userland and kernel, etc...

But "viruses" like you think about on Windows, not really. For one, like Endsormeans mentions, it's not a popular platform so not as targeted.

Having such old outdated software, browsers and plugins is one of our strengths in this regard (not targeted), but also a weakness since security vulnerabilities may exist without patches for our devices. Flash player for instance.

Bingo!
What the other Canadian said!

Very succinctly put.
6 out of 10...
If you had added a nyuk-nyuk or two...
perhaps a nyyyaaahh!
I would've given you 9 outta 10 for performance instead...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZSyGCIBDEs

Malware and viruses that where made for the Maemo system do not really exist as far I know. It's possible to mount your N9/N900 file system to a Linux PC for the use of programs as LMD or AVG.
Do you use a rooted custom rom Android phone?