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I know someone did a detailed analysis on this, but you can trivially see that something is wrong by looking closely at the 2nd to last photo [0]. The photo cle
by Shank 4y ago
I know someone did a detailed analysis on this, but you can trivially see that something is wrong by looking closely at the 2nd to last photo [0]. The photo clearly shows multiple phones with the exact same image on the screen, i.e., they are pixel perfect copies. While I don't think the article is implausible, the 2nd to last image is certainly photoshopped.
[0]: https://simonweckert.com/img/googlemapshacks/2.JPG https://simonweckert.com/img/googlemapshacks/2.JPG
- infradig 4y agoThey're all open in Maps, of course they have the same location and thus screen image.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoThe EXACT same location and compass orientation? I can't even get 2 phone magnetometers to agree most of the time, let alone a wheelbarrowfull
- ocal5 4y agoWhy not ? They get the quite exact same « wrong » data from GPS, so should be getting quite exact same « wrong » location.
- eCa 4y agoIn my experience, my Iphone 11 is quite often wrong up to 20-30 meters, depending on nearby buildings or other environmental factors. Other phones at the same location at the same time can also differ the same distance, but not necessarily in the same direction. Depending on the use case, within 50 meters of each other may or may not be considered ”the same location”.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoMagnetometers don't use GPS and IME can even be thrown off based on their proximity to metal objects. Things like multipath also won't impact all devices equally if they're adjacent
- dx034 4y agoAnd if they're on top of each other, wouldn't they create issues with the touch screen? They would certainly move the screen a bit.
- selcuka 4y agoIf they are all running Google Maps at the same location why would the image be different on them?
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- simultsop 4y agoGood catch, despite that, there is also almost no glare from sun, which is increases the chance to be photoshoped. Given that most phones adapt to env lightning. The ones with maps on it look like paper glass almost.
- jtsiskin 4y agoNot conclusive, but it was edited in photoshop [1], whereas the other images were not [2] [1] https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=b98e447834ffbc36d3ae5b144e798d6de75ad801.361511&show=meta https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=b98e447834ffbc36d3... https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=6f4b50d6f01c0018749e40fcd6ebbd4d5f4d22d7.1295032&show=meta https://fotoforensics.com/analysis.php?id=6f4b50d6f01c001874...
- Hounddog11 4y agoDamn, all this website does is show an image file's metadata. I thought it was going to be some cool AI thing that detects whether an image is photoshopped via some kind of fancy ML model. Does such a thing exist? Is it possible?
- thrdbndndn 4y agoIt was also edited in GIMP on Mac before PS on Windows. While also not conclusive, but apparently the editings seem to be re-save only. But again, you can choose not to save (or only save some) edit histories in XMP.
- suddenclarity 4y agoYeah, it's been a few years but I recall people settling on it most likely being fake. Unfortunately the original publication used the word "fake" so now all Google results just leads to different rewrites of the same original article. I guess there's a lesson there if you're planning on making up a story.