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No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

It would also involve trusting those corporations not to fudge evidence themselves.

I mean, not everything photo related would have to be like this.

But if you wanted you photo to be able to document things, to provide evidence that could send people to prison or be executed...

The other choice is that we no longer accept photographic, audio or video evidence in court at all. If it can no longer be trusted and even a complete novice can convincingly fake things, I don't see how it can be used.