Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography

Apple doesn't address the modified photo replay situation, where you take a picture of an already edited image.

Photoshop / AI-gen an image -> display on a high-resolution monitor -> photograph the monitor with iPhone 18 Pro -> valid Apple Reference image.

To get valid reference photos, you can go to the actual physical location, put the iPhone/monitor in a cardboard box to block external light, then photograph the monitor. Paint the inside of the box using Vantablack (stopping reflections) and cover the LiDAR projector with tape.

I can't wait to see Apple Verified™ photos of UFOs flying over the Golden Gate Bridge.

A photograph by itself should never be considered proof of anything.

What if someone take the photo of the forged photo displayed on another device, doesn’t the forged photo become an authentic one?

Waiting for "Apple verified" photo of some important politician doing something wildly inappropriate.

Scrapped in 3..2..1..

85 comments, 5 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649222

NFTs by another name...

terrible idea...

but im sure it will popular with 60 year olds watermarking their pictures of sunsets.