[joshvm]

The other perspective is traceable cameras, such that you can have some guarantee that an image came from a particular device and wasn't AI-generated (e.g. your camera signs each image after capture).

There have been attempts to cryptographically sign images, which have largely been broken, but the principle is there: https://www.dpreview.com/opinion/9955873926/why-cryptographi...

See https://contentauthenticity.org/how-it-works

[sebzim4500]

If the plan is to trust every phone and camera manufacturer to keep their key safe then the plan is stupid.

If the plan is to have a few trusted manufacturers for CCTV and police cameras than that might work, but will do little to combat misinformation.