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Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the biological-metadata dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canon has filed for a patent for using iris watermarking (as in the iris of your eye) to take photographer's copyright protection to the next level. You set up the camera to capture an image of your eye through the viewfinder. Once captured, this biological reference is embedded as metadata into every photo you take. Canon claims this will help with copyright infringement of photos online."

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  1. Sweet by geekoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if I need to break into someplace that use iris biometrics I can just get that from a photo off of Myspace!

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  2. Re:metadata by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    pfff. oh yeah. right. with some "magical hex editor" or something. keep dreaming.

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  3. Re:uh by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 5, Funny
    What is an illegal picture?

    "Think of the children".

    Not in that way, you pervert!

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