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Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering?

Posted by michael on from the she-blinded-me-with-science dept.

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."

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  1. Microsoft to the rescue? by tyroney · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Not trolling, really... Just hear me out.

    This sounds exactly like something Microsoft wants to solve with their NCSB. (that's next generation secure computing base)

    Though as someone else has mentioned, is it really doomed to fail? Logically, it would seem to be the natural path to take, assuming such digital evidence continues to be used.

    Personally, I could see a market for that, but I'd rather have the option of not having to deal with it on my own machine. It would be similar to all the copy porteciton nowadays, but far more insidious and annoying.