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The time stamp is handled on receipt of the hash by third parties in my mind, not by the originating device. Ideally the position component of the data would al
by nickparker 9y ago
The time stamp is handled on receipt of the hash by third parties in my mind, not by the originating device. Ideally the position component of the data would also be verified by 3rd parties, eg cell towers receiving the data add their own signatures so you know it was at least in the region it claims.
The high quality prints problem is more interesting. I’d hope that sort of trick would be detectable by inspection, but then we’re back to cat/mouse games with AI.
If we all switched to crypto verified light field photography, we could at least force hoaxsters to build dioramas :)
- acdha 9y agoOne risk: all of that could make a forgery more persuasive. Imagine some James O’Keefe style operative preparing a fake but not uploading it until they drive by the victim’s house, rent a room in the same hotel or near their office, etc. How many people would see the extra metadata and decide it proved accuracy?