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Digital Camera Image Verification

Posted by michael on from the signed-sealed-and-delivered dept.

Polo writes "While reading dpreview, I noticed that among several new products, Canon has announced a Digital Image Verification Kit to prove that an image taken by a particular camera has not been modified. It's disturbing to think about the conditions that would allow digital images to be accepted in a courtroom. I guess one defense would be to figure out how to 'verify' a photo of shark attack..."

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  1. Re:Run around by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You forgot:

    5) ???
    6) Profit.

    But seriously, you'd need a pretty good digicam/scanner for that not to be completely obvious :) Don't think I haven't tried it already ;)

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  2. Take a picture of a picture by cyber_rigger · · Score: 1, Redundant


    1, Take picture
    2. Modify it
    3. Print it
    4. Take a picture of the print
    5. Print the picture of the picture

    Yes, you now have an unmodified picture (of a picture)