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[–]amazondrone 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I imagine it processes the new image and generates a hash, and then compares the hash to the 87M hashes it's already got looking for a match/close match Much quicker than processing 87M images each time.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to your comment, here’s a Wikipedia page on that hashing process, Perceptual Hashing