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November 8, 2011 10:05 pm

Image Analysis and Verification To Track Pictures


kodiaktau writes "Computer scientist Landon Cox and students at Duke University are working in conjunction with researchers at Microsoft and Technicolor Research to design and develop image analysis tools to identify changes to pictures and videos. The technology, called YouProve, compares original images to create a trust certificate that can be compared against derivative images and produce a heat-map of changes (PDF) between the two. This can be of particular importance when reviewing large amounts of crowd-sourced content to see if image tampering has occurred."

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