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Detecting Video & Audio Tampering

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 11, 2006 @04:47AM from the the-telltale-heart dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes "Dartmouth professor Hany Farid already devised software tools to detect when someone has tampered with digital photos. His next challenge: determining whether video or audio files have been retouched. "

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Umm... by dduardo · 2006-09-11 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny

How about just doing md5sum ?
Re:No can do by ResidntGeek · 2006-09-11 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny

You're right. It's too bad the Dartmouth professor didn't ask the ACs on slashdot about his work; they obviously know more about it than him.

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Simple. by Rob+T+Firefly · 2006-09-11 06:19 · Score: 4, Funny

If Paris Hilton is fully dressed, seems fully aware of her surroundings, and/or is singing well, it's been tampered with.

This formula can also be adapted to Lindsay Lohan, but hasn't been tested on Tara Reid or others yet.

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