Sony’s smartphones have never really been the most popular, but they are each time equipped with quite interesting technologies that cannot be found elsewhere. Sony is also working on a way to prevent photo falsification.
Sony is reportedly planning to introduce a revolutionary feature on its upcoming Xperia 1 VI and 5 VI phones, to combat image tampering. These two smartphones will arrive next year, and will succeed the Xperia 1 V and Xperia 5 V, so we should not expect them before at least the second quarter of 2024.
According to a report from a reliable Japanese news site, known for its accurate information on Sony products, these new Xperia models will incorporate a digital signature function for images “unprecedented in the world”.
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Sony wants to prevent image falsification on its smartphones
The digital signature feature should make it possible to add a unique signature to images immediately after they are captured. This signature will serve as a verification tool, allowing users to confirm the authenticity of photos and identify any falsification.
The potential application of digital signatures could have a greater impact in businesses and media, for example by ensuring the integrity of images used for reporting, as Sony specifies in a press release.
What is certain is that the integration of a digital signature chip could revolutionize the way users verify the authenticity of images and discern alterations. However, dQuestions remain about the compatibility of this feature with various applicationss, especially social networks. It remains to be seen how the different media will receive this technology, and if they can draw inspiration from it for their own platforms.
Although specific details of the digital signature system are not yet available, the rumor aligns with Sony’s recent announcement that Some DSLR models will receive a similar feature through a software update. In the meantime, we can only speculate on how this technology will work. We imagine, for example, that examining the metadata of images and videos will perhaps allow us to know whether the content has been modified or not, but we will have to wait for more information from Sony to be sure.