digital forensics

According to Binghamton University, "Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution". They're filing for a patent that details using patterns in pixel noise in a digital image to identify the camera that was used to take the image. The idea is sound - each camera is different and analyzing a sample of its photographs reveals patterns in the noise.

Frankly, is justice so skewed that we actually need overwhelming evidence to make a conviction? Times were simpler when you could shoot on sight. If it all went wrong, you could still apologise to whoever cared.