http://news.com.com/Smoking+out+photo+hoaxes+with+software/2100-1008_3-6033312.html

is available to the FBI and large media right now. should be out to smaller media and local law enforcement within 6 months

and that means it'll be public pretty soon after that - legally or illegally.

to top it all off, it's in fuckin' matlab!

2/5/2006 10:05:31 AM

yeah it's only a matter of time, he is getting an open source license and it's java based. While he say he doesn't want it leak out to the public, by just distributing the product to the groups he plans to will only allow for it to be leaked eventually.

2/5/2006 12:50:39 PM

What's the problem with it leaking out?

We'll find out how many news photos are fake?

2/5/2006 9:30:49 PM

Quote :

"He doesn't even have plans to form a company around his work. A significant amount of the research, after all, was funded by federal grants. "Taxpayers," he said, "are paying me to do this research and it needs to go back out.""

Haha... you can tell he's not one of those slimy, dirty economics majors.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 9:43 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2006 9:42:59 PM

The problem with it leaking is that then forgers and image manipulaters will learn how to defeat it, or use it as a gauge for how good they've done their work. It will accelerate improvement in digital image manipulation because forgers will be able to directly test whether their work passes muster against the best benchmark used by police to determine authenticity.

2/6/2006 4:36:32 AM

and the cycle continues...

2/6/2006 7:31:52 AM