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Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering?
2marcus writes "As digital technology continues to improve and is used in more and more applications, the ease of tampering with digital files becomes more pertinent. This is especially important in the field of criminal justice, where even the appearance of possible impropriety can sway a jury. CNN has an article on the issues with digital photos being used for fingerprints and other forensics evidence."
Maybe?
LOL! President Bush SUCKS!!
first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...
If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!
first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...
If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!
you forgot option 3: he got caught with a hard drive full of kiddie pr0n.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Ok....
And what if that hard drive full of kiddie images are 100% fake? What if the guy has a kink, but has enough sense to *not* exploit little kids, instead getting his fix by creating images by hand?
I mean, it's not hard. A few medical textbooks, a few magazines/catalogs/discarded photos plus Photoshop...
I think he raised a valid point, which you totally missed. Who should prove what is real and what isn't? Is it up to the prosecution to prove that the pictures couldn't be faked or is it up to the defendant to prove that they were all created in this fashion?
What about rendered graphics?
But how can you be sure the checksums weren't altered as well?
Contact Me (got tired of viruses emailing me).
Wake up kids! Slashdot is chewing itself!
In other words: moderation on slashdot seems to work like a brake. We can see the parent poster at "3, interesting" while (ok my) comment (which points to the solution) is, uhm, ignored?
Actually, I feel this is just another instance of slashdot (once my prefered IT news channel) relegating. Where are those smart commentors, who where here 4 yrs ago? Did I miss the switch? Who is the successor?