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by Analemma_ 2894 days ago
> I suspect it will be quite confusing for a while; but once people have been cheated a few times because of faked video it will become something else.

You're only half-right here. People will quickly wise up to fake video, but that will just make everything worse: every video that confirms their worldview will be seen as totally legit, every video contradicting it will be "fake", just like what has already happened with text news. Your hypothetical chain of integrity between camera and screen won't put a dent in that conviction.

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> every video that confirms their worldview will be seen as totally legit, every video contradicting it will be "fake"

Yes, this has been true for quite some time already since even innocuous footage can be made to lie with creative editing.

The chain of custody thing is already a problem and has been since courts started admitting photographic evidence.