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    11/19/08

    In reply to Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding Criminals with Digital Cameras
    Yeah, um, all you need to do is open the file in MS Paint, change the image size a few times (both bigger and smaller), open the resulting image in an image viewer, resize it to fit the screen, take a screencap, and trim off the extra bits. Ta-da, all the pixel data that could be used to tie the image to a make/model of camera is left behind, all the information that's normally encoded into the image is lost, and all the specific processes the image has been put through should be nearly impossible to recreate, since you're not even dealing with the same specific image file anymore (therefore _NO_ alteration data should still be attached to the file).
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    11/19/08

    In reply to Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding Criminals with Digital Cameras
    "since each digital camera has a shelf life of about 18 months"


    18 months??? I've had the same digital camera for almost 6 years now.

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    11/19/08

    @thesoundman: Time to pry open the wallet, shake out the moths, and upgrade. Digital cameras are the new disposables.
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    11/18/08

    In reply to Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding Criminals with Digital Cameras
    I can't waits until Oliver Stone gets wind of this.
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    11/18/08

    In reply to Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding Criminals with Digital Cameras
    Couldn't they ostensibly encode unique identifiers to each camera/photo, just like they do with each color printer/printout?
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    11/18/08

    In reply to Digital Photos Act as Unique Fingerprints in Finding Criminals with Digital Cameras
    I'm confused on a number of fronts. First off, how's it help knowing what make and model camera they had? Ohh, a Nikon D40? There are only a couple hundred thousand of them in existence.


    Secondly, couldn't messing around with the levels / color effect this technique?


    And finally, to those mentioning EXIF, if you have a clue (which surprisingly a lot of people don't, so I guess you do have a point) you'd resave the image in a compressed metadata killing mannor (such as "save for web" in photoshop) and that'd end that.

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    11/18/08

    @latterman: Knowing which cameras were preferred by the bad guys would help camera companies improve their targeted advertising.
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    11/13/08

    In reply to iGala Wireless Photo Frame Has Touchscreen, Own Gmail Account
    It's own Gmail account? I can only see bad things coming from that. Like you're showing off pictures, and say "and this is my pride and joy", and a spam ad for Cialis is showing.
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    11/13/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: Or goatse.cx, or tubgirl, or...
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    @soggy_cheerio: Hilarity ensues...
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