Digital DNA could finger Harry Potter leaker

[FreshPrince]

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hmm....interesting...I didn't know exif data holds such info....

I hope they find the guy and put him in the ring with Michael Vick's dogs

edit:

here is a screen cap of the evidence :laugh:

 

[Anubis]

what a pointless waste of time

 

[Kaido]

Is the EXIF data the only traceable data on each file?

Note to self: Wipe EXIF metadata or save in a different format...lol.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Anubis
what a pointless waste of time

Is it a pointless waste of time to go after people who upload movies as well?

 

[Mallarddrake44]

its amazing they can do that kinda stuff...im sure they will treat it like theft, but do you think they would even bother with this if it was one of the harry potter books?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Anubis
what a pointless waste of time

Is it a pointless waste of time to go after people who upload movies as well?

pretty much

 

[KK]

and they couldn't change this exif data to read differently? I thought it was editable. If so then all the owner would have to say is it could have been anyone.

 

[FoBoT]

i thought starting new harry potter threads was bad

 

[FreshPrince]

well, I don't care as much about harry potter, but imagine catching baddies with this...think about all the stalkers, upskirt shooters, and pedophiles online...etc. this could help "clean" the world a bit...

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
well, I don't care as much about harry potter, but imagine catching baddies with this...think about all the stalkers, upskirt shooters, and pedophiles online...etc. this could help "clean" the world a bit...

Except it's not hard to wipe exif data.

 

[Dean]

hahaha good luck with that one. If they trace it back to the owner, they still will not get anywhere.

"Oh that Canon 350, I sold that 2 years ago at a flea market"

The idiots are wasting their time.

 

[lupi]

Doesn't much matter in this case, as some people were receiving legitimate book orders as early as 4 days before the scheduled sale date.

but don't tell cobra, he still thinks all the spoilers were fake

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
well, I don't care as much about harry potter, but imagine catching baddies with this...think about all the stalkers, upskirt shooters, and pedophiles online...etc. this could help "clean" the world a bit...

Except it's not hard to wipe exif data.

true, but it still helps....what percentage of the baddies out there know how to change exif data? If this helps to catch just one of the bad guys, it's enough.

 

[antillean]

Good, then we can honor him as the hero that he is.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
well, I don't care as much about harry potter, but imagine catching baddies with this...think about all the stalkers, upskirt shooters, and pedophiles online...etc. this could help "clean" the world a bit...

Except it's not hard to wipe exif data.

you're back?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
well, I don't care as much about harry potter, but imagine catching baddies with this...think about all the stalkers, upskirt shooters, and pedophiles online...etc. this could help "clean" the world a bit...

Except it's not hard to wipe exif data.

you're back?

Looks like it.

 

[slpaulson]

And if the guy bought the camera with cash?

 

[Mr Incognito]

Who gives a flying fuck? People were going to find out eventually.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: Anubis
what a pointless waste of time

QFT.

Both this, and this harry potty nonsense.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

anybody who would go through the absurd act of reading each scan is prolly the hardest of the hardcore who will buy the book anyway or just extremely cheap people who would not have bought the book either way.

 

[TallBill]

Yes, this Harry Potter/Transformer crap is getting old. Lets have a meaningful discussion on '1984' or something.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: slpaulson
And if the guy bought the camera with cash?

Read the article. They're hoping that the guy had the camera serviced at some point. Wishful thinking, I think.

 

[MegaVovaN]

wtf...I loaned this guy a camera and now they on my ass?

LOL

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: slpaulson
And if the guy bought the camera with cash?

Read the article. They're hoping that the guy had the camera serviced at some point. Wishful thinking, I think.

...and now the guy is probably selling/destroying the camera as we speak...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: slpaulson
And if the guy bought the camera with cash?

Read the article. They're hoping that the guy had the camera serviced at some point. Wishful thinking, I think.

...and now the guy is probably selling/destroying the camera as we speak...

No doubt. But if they determine who owned the camera, they could conceivably find other evidence against him more easily. If he wasn't smart enough to wipe the EXIF data, maybe he wasn't smart enough to distribute the pictures without leaving a trail? Or maybe they'll impound his computer and find other recent photos on it with the camera's serial number in the EXIF data.