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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by deadbabe on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:34PM (#49422302)
Imagine today where a photo is submitted as evidence and the court believes it even without signatures.
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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by hypfer on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:35PM (#49422315)
Precisely. Now take that, but glue a "the machine has cryptographically proven that this is legit" to that.
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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by Retr0id on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:51PM (#49422536)
Yes, it's a disaster waiting to happen.
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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:06PM (#49438097)
It's a disaster that's already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal
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