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Title: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: theymos on August 25, 2012, 04:27:32 AM
I sometimes see screenshots used as proof of things, but it's trivial to create perfect doctored screenshots of sites. For example...

https://i.imgur.com/iYVVc.png

https://i.imgur.com/d8daM.png



Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: bitcool on August 25, 2012, 04:33:24 AM
exactly, all you need is a notepad, and basic knowledge of html. 


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on August 25, 2012, 04:57:31 AM
At least nobody has figured out a way to change an image of a face and/or replace the background image. Image what could be done if that were possible.

~Cackling Bear~


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: TehZomB on August 25, 2012, 05:22:49 AM
exactly, all you need is a notepad, and basic knowledge of html. 

or Firebug.


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: Inaba on August 25, 2012, 05:29:35 AM
Or Chrome.


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: organofcorti on August 25, 2012, 06:33:15 AM
About ten years ago a guy I knew would get bank loans and use doctored screenshots as "proof" of ID. He's in gaol now.


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: Maged on August 25, 2012, 06:37:39 AM
Totally agreed, theymos, but they do make a good starting point.


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: bitlane on August 25, 2012, 11:56:15 AM
Screenshots are worthless as proof

Thank God for the blockchain and banking records. I hear they can be useful at times.


Title: Re: Screenshots are worthless as proof
Post by: AndrewBUD on August 25, 2012, 03:50:11 PM
I never received my million dollars? What's up with that?