As a filmmaker I feel that completely distrusting a medium just because it is digital might be a little harsh.
I think that we may want to consider using cryptographic signature methods as a way to mark materials as coming from the source they claim to be from. Though this is not a perfect solution.
Though I still work with analog film, though it is becoming more and more cost prohibitive everyday. Analog can just as easily be altered. If you looked at a silver gelatin print, if the printmaker was talented you probably would never be able to detect the changes to the image that were made during the printing process. Is the resulting image a fake, or is it just an artists vision?
As a filmmaker I am both in awe and horrified with this.
Some of these techniques can be used to make fixes in motion picture where it would be far too expensive to reshoot.
But there is the opposite where this technology can be used to falsify a video that can potentially be used to make false confessions or change what a person said for nefarious purposes.
Welcome to the world of what was once thought to be science fiction.
The archaeologist in me wants to go down to the Cuyahoga River and see what kinds of things that get thrown in there. But then I remember that this is the Cuyahoga River and do I really want to go in it even in a wetsuit?
Though I am not personally a fan of cute stuff like that, if it helps in making secure messaging usable for everyone from IT experts to their grandmothers who have never touched a computer I am all for it.
I think that we may want to consider using cryptographic signature methods as a way to mark materials as coming from the source they claim to be from. Though this is not a perfect solution.
Though I still work with analog film, though it is becoming more and more cost prohibitive everyday. Analog can just as easily be altered. If you looked at a silver gelatin print, if the printmaker was talented you probably would never be able to detect the changes to the image that were made during the printing process. Is the resulting image a fake, or is it just an artists vision?