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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by Beaver117 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:50PM (#22358950)
I'm not sure the prosecution part is as important as the public's image. The fact is that someone can ruin your life with a fake video, and the tools for doing so are becoming easier and faster to use. Regardless of if the court believes the video or not, your social and professional life could already be ruined by the time they view the video.
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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by gdubs on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @02:41PM (#22359565)
To add to this, even if someone knows a video is fake, if it’s realistic enough then the image will persist.

But perhaps the most damaging aspect of all this is the erosion of truth, in people’s general feeling that nothing can be trusted.

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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by ryukafalz on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @07:38PM (#22361961)
>But perhaps the most damaging aspect of all this is the erosion of truth, in people’s general feeling that nothing can be trusted.

Might this be an opportunity for crypto education? Digital signatures are pretty powerful.

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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by Nasrudith on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:25AM (#22365639)
No. Adding cryptography to video recordings is the worst of both Canudos. It can verify sources but not the literal truth. All that would do is half-mirror society where any ole bullshit signed by the credible is accepted while man on the street police brutality or politicians making out with a 12 year old are called fake.
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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by daniel-cussen on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:12PM (#22359861)
You can trust what you see in person, without screens.
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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by lozaning on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @05:03PM (#22360854)
I've seen many an up close magic trick in person that I've been unable to figure out. In person only prevents digital shenanigans, not _all_ shenanigans.
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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by gdubs on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:20PM (#22359931)
Which would be fine if we still lived in small tribes of hunter-gatherers, but we don’t.
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Re:Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video by theterriblestid on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @08:36AM (#22365273)
Wait for augmented reality glasses to become a thing
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