Hany (Hanny) - Professor / PhotoDNA inventor
Academic specializing in image analysis and digital forensics who developed PhotoDNA, a technical solution to identify and match known child sexual abuse images at scale and collaborated with major tech companies.
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May 27, 2025 • 40min
Ep 2: The Solution
Leanna McDonald, director at the Canadian Center for Child Protection who leads Project Arachnid. Tim Cranston, former Microsoft legal/tech contact who coordinated early PhotoDNA work. Hany, the academic inventor of PhotoDNA. They discuss how PhotoDNA was built and deployed quickly, why known-image matching matters, the scale of the global problem, and why the job remains unfinished.
