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Graphics Advances Make Identifying Real Images Difficult

Posted by timothy on from the click-here-to-convict-your-enemy dept.

destinyland writes "The FBI's geeks admitted they were nervous over computer-generated images at a recent forensics conference. In court they're now arguing that a jury 'can tell' if an image is real or computer-generated — which marks the current boundary between legal and illegal. But reporter Debbie Nathan argues that that distinction is getting fuzzy, and that geeks will inevitably make it obsolete." Note: some of the linked (computer-generated) images may be disturbing.

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  1. NSFW by Atheose · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It'd be nice to see a "NSFW" (Not Suitable For Work) tag on the article. I clicked the link and I'm at work, and am now worried that large men with guns will appear. Saying "The following images may be disturbing" is too ambiguous.

  2. Had to deal with this in a jury by Darth+Maul · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was in a jury for a case where a guy has child porn that he "made" using legal porn he found online, but photoshopped on the faces of young girls he knew (including a stepdaughter). In Virginia, we found him guilty because he "manufactured child porn", so it was almost as bad as having actual underage girls photographed in those scenes. It was an interesting case because of the legal definitions.

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    1. Re:Had to deal with this in a jury by poptones · · Score: 5, Interesting

      1) No. In a jury you decide guilt or innocence based on what YOU think is correct. If you disagree with the law, "jury activism" is a legitimate form of protest. Difference being, if you deadlock the jury you can actually do some good.

      2) so what? Prove your stupid assertion. By your logic he already caused "trauma" to those kids the first time he fantasized about them. He had pictures of kids he knew. Unless he was distributing this hackneyed concoction there was no "trauma" involved except the trauma he now faces in prison, convicted of a thought crime.

      3) Way to think for yourself. Baaaah.