Image Forensics

Definitions

1. The analysis of digital images to determine origin, edits, metadata history, steganography, or evidentiary value. Image forensics may involve examining EXIF data, compression artifacts, sensor patterns, and signs of manipulation or synthetic generation.

   In plain English: Investigating digital images to see where they came from or whether they were altered.

   Example: "Image forensics suggested the screenshot had been recompressed and cropped before it was shared as evidence."

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