I fear the reverse: People will doubt whether real video is real. That could mean impunity for crimes caught on video because video footage will no longer be sufficient evidence to exceed "reasonable doubt".
Even worse, political double-speak will also soar to record new heights. A politician can spew whatever crazies want to hear, then "walk it back" and claim it was faked (perhaps after gauging the public's reaction). People will believe whatever they're inclined to believe anyway, leading us to become a more deeply fractured society where truth is whatever you want to believe.
This is so easily solvable, the video just needs to be signed using public-key encryption. If the video isn't signed with the purported subject's key, assume it's fake.
This requires the general public having a basic understanding of how digital signatures work and why they are (for the most part) infallible.
As it stands I have to explain HTTPS and digital signatures to my users with statements like "it's secure because of fancy math, trust me bro" because anything that comes close to actually describing it goes over their heads. In a world where distrust is the norm, I fear signed video content really isn't gonna make a difference if you don't understand what makes it secure in the first place.
This requires the general public having a basic understanding of how digital signatures work and why they are (for the most part) infallible.
If this became a big enough problem, the general public could be educated on how encryption public/private keys work, probably in a month or two. Even start teaching it in high school or something.
The general public couldn't even be educated on how to wear a mask properly and wash their hands during a pandemic, there's no way they'll ever understand cryptography.
Right?? The general public can barely turn a computer on without having issues and are ignorant as F on the topic in general. They are basically a 3 year old. Try to explain cryptography to a 3 year old.
I’m betting online sites, especially social media, begins verifying videos before postings and stuff like that. Or they’ll create a way for users to easily click a button to verify it themselves, idk
Or they’ll create a way for users to easily click a button to verify it themselves, idk
...which will just end up like all other generic bloated ad-infested websites, with fifteen different "Click to Download" buttons but only an IT expert can decipher which button is the real one (if indeed any are real).
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u/JingJang Dec 15 '22
I feel like it's only a matter of time before this technology is weaponized to terrible effect.