We have SSL for website authenticity, DKIM/BIMI for email authenticity, and we're getting closer to C2PA provenance for content authenticity.

Building. Prior: VP at Adobe, GM of Behance, co-founder of the Content Authenticity Initiative, early days at TED. https://williamallen.com

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

In some areas it is still theoretical vs real. On the political front, it isn't a real problem IMO - it's all anticipatory. On the war front, it is - a clear infowar happening trying to build support or sympathy for Hamas. Deepfake pornography is an entirely different problem with real ethical quandaries

I agree that fake content will exponentially but how does signing solve that?

I think this helps explain it pretty well (but lmk if that doesn't answer your q!)

I think this helps explain it pretty well (but lmk if that doesn't answer your q!) https://contentcredentials.org/

Hadn’t heard of c2pa but makes perfect sense. I’ve often wondered if physical signatures via hardware layer at the time of capture makes sense when paired with a public lookup service to identify origin of content.