New Photo Fraud Detection Software

An anonymous reader writes "CNet is reporting that Hany Farid, Professor of Computer Science and applied mathematics at Darthmouth College, has developed a new version of his Image Science Group's photo fraud software now in use by the FBI and large media organizations. The current software is written in Matlab, but the new version will be written in Java making it much more readily available to local police and smaller media organizations. From the article: 'I hope to have a beta out in the next six months,' Farid said. 'Right now, you need someone who is reasonably well-trained to use it.'"

but...

[smash]

How do we know the fraud detection software isn't fraudulent? :D

smash.

Very good idea, but...

[jibjibjib]

Can we adapt it to detect Slashdot article fraud?

Re:Very good idea, but...

[KDR_11k]

Perhaps if you can define "article fraud".

Re:Same shot from a different angle...

[jibjibjib]

Ah, yes, a spell checker. Now there's something we *can* use to detect slashdot article fraud.

It works!!

[AnonymousYellowBelly]

It determined that Pamela Anderson's boobs are FAKE!!
=D

what could go wrong?

[Loconut1389]

Rewrite software written in powerful mathematical simulation software in java?
What could possibly go wrong?

And now, rather than processing an image in 30 minutes, it takes 30 hours, yay!

In related news...

[Elitist_Phoenix]

In related news NASA announced today that it would close its public picture archives ;)

A Java Version

[pugugly]

So - when can I expect to see this as a Firefox Extension?

"Warning: This nude of Britinet Spears has been photoshopped"

Pug

Re:Very good idea, but...

[zambotsu]

Or better yet, can we adapt it to detect duplicate Slashdot articles?

Republicans would never do that!

[craXORjack]

The light in the famous doctored photo that puts Sen. John Kerry next to actress Jane Fonda at a protest rally actually comes from two different directions.

"The lighting is off by 40 degrees," Farid said. "We are insensitive to it, but computers detect it."

Well even if that one is fake, at least we know that the one of John Kerry french-kissing Joseph Stalin is real.

If you actually read the article

[texaport]

It appears that the program also detects software bloat -- it found unnecessary manipulations with some
Big_Foot_Prints.