News organizations, camera makers, and tech companies create a web tool called Verify for checking the authenticity of images for free. It's being adopted by Nikon, Sony, and Canon.
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I think the only risk is if this somehow becomes legally mandated. I just don’t see how that’s possible.
Adoption has a clear path because professional photographers, journalists, and publishers have motivation to prove the authenticity of their images.
For consumers…meh. I don’t enable GPS on my phone camera, and I wouldn’t enable this either. I don’t need to prove anything.
Profitability, not user interest, is the deciding factor. We’ll see how it plays out. I don’t think this one will last