It’s hard to believe that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Apple man Steve Jobs would get all giggly over a Granny Smith, and that’s for good reason: that apple’s about as phony as this tiny iPhone . In step with a Russian security firm, however, Nikon’s Image Authentication Software would inform you otherwise. This rendering is considered one of a handful used to illustrate a flaw inside the camera maker’s image verification software. Programs like Nikon’s apply an encrypted signature to image files on the time they may be captured, and overwrite those signatures when a file is altered, bearing in mind verification of a photo’s integrity. Consistent with ElcomSoft , the firm exposed a flaw within the system utilized by Nikon, in addition to the same program employed by Canon’s DSLRs, that allowed them to extract the signature from an unaltered photograph and use it on phonies just like the one above. In keeping with the outfit, neither company has responded to its findings. For more funny fakes, including a shot of Mike Tyson rocking an Angry Birds tattoo, investigate the source link below.
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