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Digital Provenance
What is Digital Provenance?
What is Digital Provenance?
Digital provenance is like a permanent digital fingerprint on any digital content that represents you - such as a photo, video, or audio recording. This digital fingerprint contains important information about where that content came from and how it has been used or changed.
What Is Informed Consent?
Why Do We Need It?
Your digital identity must be meticulously protected, tracked, and even monetized, ensuring your rights are safeguarded at every turn. Any deepfake must be traceable back to its origin and the responsible parties held accountable.
What Is the Problem?
What Is the Problem?
Lack of info on media makes it impossible to track the origin of deepfakes or unauthorized use. This lack of traceability prevents monitoring and enforcement of consent agreements, leaving individuals vulnerable to various forms of digital identity theft and misuse.

Imagine a world where AI can recreate you - your voice, your face, your mannerisms -- in real-time. This isn't science fiction; it's our imminent reality. Digital provenance is our last line of defense against a tidal wave of AI-generated deception. The time is now, before the lines blur beyond recognition.

Demand digital provenance protection
before AI outpaces our ability to control it.

CASE STUDY 1
Scarlett
Image from Wikipedia (Creative Commons License)

Unauthorized Use of Celebrity Images

Celebrities often find themselves deepfaked in ads or other commercial products. Scarlett Johansson, for example, has spoken publicly about her image being used without consent.

Embedding provenance data in all images could ensure that any usage can be traced back to its origin, verifying whether it was authorized and facilitating legal action if it was not.

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CASE STUDY 2
Virus
Image from iStockPhoto

Misinformation During Health Crises

During the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation, including manipulated images and videos purporting to show health workers or alleged victims, spread widely.

Provenance tracking would allow for the quick verification of the source and integrity of the content, helping to debunk false information and identify the originators.

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THE SOLUTION

Mandatory Provenance Metadata: All digital content representing a person’s digital identity must include detailed metadata documenting its origin, modifications, and ownership.

Digital Watermarking: Content must carry a digital watermark that embeds the provenance metadata, ensuring it remains with the content through any transformations or distributions.

Legal Enforcement: Establish legal requirements for the inclusion of provenance metadata and watermarking, with penalties for non-compliance to ensure adherence across industries.

HOW DIGITAL WATERMARKING WORKS
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Provenance Data Is Entered on Record/Ingest
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Provenance Data Encoding Phase
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Picture/Sound Data Digitally Watermarked (for visualization only)
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Watermark Is Invisible/Inaudible
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