Pixel Fingerprints
- Posted by Shaun on May 15th, 2006 filed in Technology
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I happened upon an article that mentioned that it is now possible to link images/photos to the digital camera that was used to take the picture. Apparently digital cameras leave a unique “pixel” fingerprint on the digital image.
The technology could potentially be used to find a child pornographer or find somebody that has taken pictures of sensitive or confidential documents. Bruce Shneier cautions that the fingerprints are most likely easy to forge.
I wonder how long it’ll be before a CSI episode shows up exploiting this new forensic technique.