Binghamton University faculty Jessica Fridrich talks about Digital Forensics on FOX News.
Research links digital images, cameras
Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology that can reliably link digital images to the camera with which they were taken, in much the same way that tell-tale scratches are used by forensic examiners to link bullets to the gun that fired them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgyQN8wSmw
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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What a wonderful advancement in technology. How amazing that they can track a picture back to the camera which took it, exactly like bullets to guns. I was unaware that such a thing existed. It is very advantageous for detectives and other investigators. It is truly a significant advancement in the mission to stop child pornographers. I am glad that we have made such an advancement in this area and I appreciate reading your post.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like we are figuring out how to track just about everything these days. I'm surprised they have not already developed this for tracking photographs however. When it comes to data recovery, there seems to be a specialized job field opening up for each industry!
ReplyDeleteThis, more or less, is right up my alley! Film and photography! It's so awesome to know that each digital camera has a different fingerprint. I'm sure there is much more to it than just the "noise" if it all, but what about edited digital photographs? If I upload something to Picnik.com and edit the entire "noise" of the photo, doesn't that sort of change the "fingerprint" so to say? Hopefully this type of technology continues to assist in crime fighting and such, but I also can't help but question, what if this data or databank gets into the wrong hands. A simple photo of the London Eye that I may put online could lead to someone tracking me down and raping me... (okay so that's a little far, but who knows these days?!)
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