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The thing that really bugs me about ELA is that while there is validity to the technique, and it can identify certain images as clear fakes, any asshole can plu
by mistercow 13y ago
The thing that really bugs me about ELA is that while there is validity to the technique, and it can identify certain images as clear fakes, any asshole can plug any image into it, point at the bright points near some edges in the image (which will be there regardless of authenticity), and smugly act like they know what they're talking about.
- GhotiFish 13y agoExactly. I don't trust this guys analysis. He is unpersuasive.
- mnicole 13y agoYeah, I've seen various people use these types of methods to prove a point, and each of them were able to come to their own conclusions based on the results. Ultimately you can manipulate any photo to look like this in the end, and some photos even just naturally look this way when processed even if they are the real deal. I think we're putting too much credence into one-click web-based tools and unreliable Photoshop methodologies.
- mxfh 13y agoExactly my thought, it all looks like someone is just trying too hard. See: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/545-Starring-Morgan-Freeman.html http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/545-Sta... To me that looks like some disgruntled redditors who can't take the fact that Morgan Freeman is just too tired of PR to scan and type on IAmA himself. So the most plausible explanation that he's just resting on the couch while some agent is typing has to be debunked by means of pseudo-hackish image forensics which don't prove anything after all.