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Photo, audio, and video evidence should already be dismissed until one is able to verify the integrity and source. All of these can already be believably faked
by Nadya 8y ago
Photo, audio, and video evidence should already be dismissed until one is able to verify the integrity and source. All of these can already be believably faked - it's just a matter of educating people that a layperson can easily create fake things by using tools developed by research teams.
Fake text is the easiest to fake if you can identify the font used - any image editor will work. HN uses 9pt Verdana, even without using dev tools I could fake your post to say anything I wanted it to say since it would just be 9pt Verdana on a solid background set to text wrap every 1050px.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmajJTcpNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmajJTcpNk & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUC4m6w1wo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUC4m6w1wo
- marcus_holmes 8y agoNot even that much effort, just open the browser's dev tools and change the text in the post to say whatever you like.
- Nadya 8y agoI'm aware - but specifically excluded dev tools as faking text in scenarios where dev tools may not exist (eg: chat programs that aren't taking place within the browser) is still trivial.