Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

No mass-produced item is exactly identically manufactured. Phone camera devices will be very subtly different. Apparently, it affects the image slightly, to the point you can “fingerprint” an individual camera just from the image data alone.

Re: Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

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Post by laurentdc » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 11:34 PM UTC

Reminds me of https://panopticlick.eff.org/

"Your browser fingerprint appears to be unique among the 159,551 tested so far."

Re: Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

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Post by dom0 » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

You know, if this where a paper or article, okay. But this site has nada information about it, it's basically a four page DOWNLOAD button.

Re: Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

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Post by domenukk » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 11:37 PM UTC

dom0 wrote: post #7

You know, if this where a paper or article, okay. But this site has nada information about it, it's basically a four page DOWNLOAD button.

The more people hit the download button, the more paper. It's based on this work: http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/Research/EI7254-18.pdf

Re: Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

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Post by Washuu » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 11:37 PM UTC

"Scroll for more." = Scrolling is broken; thus accessibility for those with disabilities is as well.

Can't highlight text. Keyboard navigation is busted due that as well.

Turning off Javascript results in a blank black page.

Basically a broken web site.

Re: Your phone camera has a unique fingerprint

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Post by vxxzy » Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 11:38 PM UTC

I wonder what they will do with the data (the fingerprint). Will some three-letter-agency have access? (Of course they can demand access).