The Forensic Cost of Watermark Removal: From Dedicated Attacks to Image Editing 事件

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The Forensic Cost of Watermark Removal: From Dedicated Attacks to Image Editing arXiv:2604.25491v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Current watermark removal methods are evaluated on two axes: attack success rate and perceptual quality. We show this is insufficient. While state-of-the-art attacks successfully degrade the watermark signal without visible distortion, they leave distinct statistical artifacts that betray the removal attempt. We name this overlooked axis Watermark Removal Detection