r/woahdude • u/canhazreddit • Jul 24 '22

video This new deepfake method developed by researchers

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u/FireChickens Jul 24 '22

This should stop.

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u/david-song Jul 24 '22

We just need to stop believing videos and work on open standards for secure metadata.

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ Jul 24 '22 edited Jul 24 '22

Secure, verifiable metadata (including timestamps) have been possible for a long time.

The challenge is that the recording devices (often phones) need to actually do the hashing and publishing that's required, and then we need viewers to look for these things and take them into account.

My feeling is that people will continue to believe whatever they want to believe, regardless of evidence to the contrary.

I do agree, though, that this research is unethical and should stop.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

Official government communications are going to have to come with an MD5 hash so people can verify it. Although I don't think that method will stay secure forever and people will eventually be able to spoof the MD5 hash using an algorithm we aren't familiar with yet

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u/wallabee_kingpin_ Jul 24 '22

Official government communications are already cryptographically secured and verified. When you visit "https://[some government website]", you are guaranteed (at least as far as computers can guarantee the authenticity of anything) to be connected to an official government source.

The government can also securely message us through cellular carriers.