How Banksy Authenticates His Work
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How Banksy Authenticates His Work
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Re: How Banksy Authenticates His Work
#2Neat way to protect authenticity especially within art
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#3Similar way of doing business as the drug cartels
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484197
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#4There’s nothing cryptographic about this. It’s a central authority that either says “yes it’s real” or not. The system revolves around trust in that central authority. Everyone can easily fake a certificate which cannot be independently falsified without asking that central authority, who will be more likely to check their books than to do anything related to the actual certificate.
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#5Drug traffickers use the same technique as receipts for drug drops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484197
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#6Possibly not great for any artists maintaining anonymity/pseudo anonymity but...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fluids_in_art
Semen, due to the ability to sequence the DNA and difficulty obtaining a sample, is a fine genetic watermark.
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#7Drug traffickers use the same technique as receipts for drug drops: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484197
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#9There’s nothing cryptographic about this. It’s a central authority that either says “yes it’s real” or not. The system revolves around trust in that central authority. Everyone can easily fake a certificate which cannot be independently falsified without asking that central authority, who will be more likely to check their books than to do anything related to the actual certificate.
Does cryptographic imply decentralized?
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#10There’s nothing cryptographic about this. It’s a central authority that either says “yes it’s real” or not. The system revolves around trust in that central authority. Everyone can easily fake a certificate which cannot be independently falsified without asking that central authority, who will be more likely to check their books than to do anything related to the actual certificate.
Does cryptographic imply decentralized?
No, but I think you'll agree that saying tears in a piece of paper "cryptography" is a stretch. It's not cryptography in the same way that a stamp or wax seal isn't cryptography, unless your definition of cryptography is "any method to protect the confidentiality and integrity of a document".