Difference between revisions of "Working Group on the Verification Tree"

Revision as of 05:27, 22 March 2015

Goal

Steps of Verification

1. Provenance 2. Verify the source 3. Locate the video 4. Verify the date 5. Final check (real or fake?)

Word Bank

• Verifiability
• Corroboration
• Uncertainty
• Consistent with
• Not consistent with
• Indicates
• Proves
• Shows
• Source
• Implies
• Triangulation
• Source material
• Metadata
• Authenticate
• Integrity
• Forensics
• Big Data

Modifier Language

• May
• Suggests
• Could

Tree

cycle of verifying data is like a [http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/10000/velka/1081-1239831807kZ8Q.jpg | banyan tree]

                      .    |     .     
                       \   |    /      
                   `.   \  '   /   .'  
                     `. .-*""*-. .'                         Use of data to support a claim
                 "*-._ /.*"  "*.\ _.-*"                         *conceptualization
                      : PROOF/   ; ____                            *primary source documentation
                 """"':  TRUTH   ;                                 *other aspects informing the environment
                 _.-*" \ `.__.' / "*-._                            *structured data/almanac
                     .' `-.__.-' `.    
                   .'   /   .  \   `.  
                       /    |   \      
                      '     |    `     

                                                        .; Audio video documentation
                                             .         ;     *UniqueID search
                .              .              ;%     ;;      *Audio scanning and processing (does this exist?) 
                  ,           ,                :;%  %;   
                   :         ;                   :;%;'     .,   
          ,.        %;     %;            ;        %;'    ,;
            ;       ;%;  %%;        ,     %;    ;%;    ,%' Citizen/social media
             %;       %;%;      ,  ;       %;  ;%;   ,%;'    *original witness interview
              ;%;      %;        ;%;        % ;%;  ,%;'      *call for input/secondary verification sources
               `%;.     ;%;     %;'         `;%%;.%;'        *profile users
                `:;%.    ;%%. %@;        %; ;@%;%'
                   `:%;.  :;bd%;          %;@%;'
                     `@%:.  :;%.         ;@@%;'  %; Internet Traffic Data
                       `@%.  `;@%.      ;@@%;  %;       *Header info analysis
                         `@%%. `@%%    ;@@%; %;         *C2 analysis
                           ;@%. :@%%  %@@%;%;           *IP address analysis - WhoIs lookup
                             %@bd%%%bd%%:;              *reverse engineering
                               #@%%%%%:;;               *other technical forensics (sand box, etc)
                               %@@%%%::;                *Shodan/network scanning
                               %@@@%(o);  . '         
                               %@@@o%;:(.,'         
                           `.. %@@@o%::;         
                              `)@@@o%::;         
                               %@@(o)::;        
                              .%@@@@%::;         
                            data is preserved          
                             ;%@@@@%%:;;;. 
                         ...;%@@@@@%%:;;;;,.. -------data is relevant
                         
                           data is filtered

                                           anonymous submission
                          data is acquired: social media capture
                                           individual input

                   source material = original data + meta data

                               DIRT = REALITY
                        ROOTS = INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM

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