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It's not new, they just waited for the Patents[1,2] to run out. It's been a long time since I worked on it.

[1] https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f7/e9/46/00ddfea...

[2] https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/4f/e3/ed/a46504f...

Many comments suggest this won't be useful technology in that it will be easily circumvented for nefarious purposes. Would you mind commenting on your perception of the potential of this particular implementation of the technology you helped create?

This is a way to sign an image while it's still in a camera. The signature is simply a way to strongly assert that an image is as the camera saw it in the raw.

I saw it as a way for Law Enforcement to prove an evidence photo was not doctored.

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