sryanpdx

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   by sryanpdx 1y ago

   You're right that reaching full usefulness requires ubiquity, but achieving it requires solving adoption challenges that may be insurmountable. Billions of unauthenticated images already exist, but establishing truth going forward—even
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   by sryanpdx 1y ago

   Thanks for the detailed response - this is exactly the kind of domain expertise I need to hear. You're right that formal institutional workflows (courts, news organizations, professional photography) already handle chain of custody ade
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   by sryanpdx 1y ago

   Leica has implemented something in this vein with encrypted capture metadata embedded in the file, but there are a lot of baked in vulnerabilities when you keep your validation record on the file itself.
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   by sryanpdx 1y ago

   You're right that existing fingerprinting methods (sensor noise patterns, lens artifacts) work for tying images to specific hardware, and courts do accept those. Where I see gaps: 1. Existing methods require forensic expertise - Sensor
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   Ask HN: Do professional photographers need hardware-level image authentication?

   4 points by sryanpdx 1y ago|9 comments