July 20, 2007
Digital DNA could finger Harry Potter leaker
A few lines of 'digital DNA' could allow the publishers of Harry Potter to find and finger the person apparently responsible for leaking the final adventures of the boy wizard. Entertainemnt Times Online reports.
"A leaked version of what is claimed to be the latest Harry Potter novel, painstakingly photographed page by page, has been posted on the internet before the book's worldwide release on Friday and circulated via file-sharing networks.
But computer experts said today that the identity of the person behind the leak could be revealed by tracing the digital camera that was used.
Information contained on the photographs uploaded to file-sharing websites could provide a trail which leads back to the photographer, said experts at Canon, the imaging company."
[via Techmeme]
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