Popular Science Asks? Can Digital Photos Be Trusted? In this new fast paced digital age, anyone can use inexpensive software to doctor up photos, and their handiwork is becoming increasingly difficult to spot.
“Everyone is buying low-cost, high-quality digital cameras, everyone has a Web site, everyone has e-mail, Photoshop is easier to use; 2004 was the first year sales of digital cameras outpaced traditional film cameras,” says Hany Farid, a Dartmouth College computer scientist and a leading researcher in the nascent realm of digital forensics. “Consequently, there are more and more cases of high-profile digital tampering. Seeing is no longer believing. Actually, what you see is largely irrelevant.”
An unsatisfactory conclusion, but a fitting one.
Today’s authentication technology is such that even after scrutiny by software and expert eyes, all you may have on your side is your word. You’d better hope it’s good enough.
[via Popular Science Magazine]
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So Lost 09.30.05 at 5:28 pm
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