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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this as simple as the camera makers just start digitally signing the photographs and all the news outlets (and anyone else th
by ryandvm 3y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this as simple as the camera makers just start digitally signing the photographs and all the news outlets (and anyone else that cares about photo integrity) include that signature in the metadata?
Hardware crypto isn't bulletproof, but it raises the bar considerably.
- namanyayg 3y ago> as simple as the camera makers just start digitally signing the photographs It is "easy" in the sense that it can be coded within a day, but in reality it is so difficult that it will probably never happen because of the priorities of the legal system, delays in standardization and making committees of the same, politics of every country affected by this, politics of the manufacturers, ...
- ben_w 3y agoIt's not nothing, but we'd also need to agree on a web of trust and to be on the look-out for the absence of the trust signal. And even then, you can point a legit camera at a Star Trek re-run and "prove" the existence of Klingons. Took a while before we bothered looking for padlocks in every website, and even that system can be (and has been) abused.