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Nikon's Image Authentication Insecure
silanea writes "Elcomsoft claims to have broken Nikon's Image Authentication system which — apparently only in theory — ensures that a photograph is authentic and not tampered with through a digital signature. They were able to extract the signing key from a camera and use it to have a modified image pass the software verification, rendering the rather expensive feature mostly marketed to law enforcement all but useless. So far Nikon has not given a statement. Canon's competing system was cracked by the same company last December."
Whew - I've always hated having to wear a ski mask when I "work". Now I can just claim image tampering.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
The picture is okay. It is the cake that is a lie!
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