Vision of the unseen

Abstract

Digital images are everywhere—from our cell phones to the pages of our online news sites. How we choose to use digital image processing raises a surprising host of legal and ethical questions that we must address. What are the ramifications of hiding data within an innocent image? Is this an intentional security practice when used legitimately, or intentional deception? Is tampering with an image appropriate in cases where the image might affect public behavior? Does an image represent a crime, or is it simply a representation of a scene that has never existed? Before action can even be taken on the basis of a questionable image, we must detect something about the image itself. Investigators from a diverse set of fields require the best possible tools to tackle the challenges presented by the malicious use of today's digital image processing techniques.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
10.1145/1978802.1978805

Entities

People

  • Anderson Rocha
  • Siome Goldenstein
  • Terrance Boult
  • Walter J. Scheirer

Organizations

  • National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
  • São Paulo Research Foundation
  • United States Air Force
  • University of Campinas
  • University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.