[Ssc-dev] CFP J3M Workshop/Tutorial Draft

[Bryan Nunez]

Ok we're submitted!

CFP2013 Submission Confirmation
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Submission: Media Metadata for Privacy

Submission accepted. For your reference, your submit-id is 1395351372.

Thanks for submitting to CFP2013!
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Bryan Nunez <bryan at witness.org> wrote:

> Thanks Barbra!
>
> I will add your suggestion to the submission and try to turn it in by the
> end of the day.  If anyone else has something to add please let me know
> asap!
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:29 AM, barbra <blmack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> HI Bryan
>>
>> Actually, I think it sounds pretty good as is. I would attend :-)
>>
>> I know that the workshop is more focused on the metadata. But I guess if
>> you wanted to add anything, you might want to also dedicate 5 mins to how a
>> developer could use libraries developed for J3M. Not in depth, but just a
>> short discussion about the android libraries available, what they mix with,
>> and how these can be used in accompanying server, and point to the git
>> repos, etc. If any developers attended, they might be interested.
>>
>> -barbra
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Bryan Nunez <bryan at witness.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I took a stab at writing up a description of J3M-centered session for
>>> the CFP.  I'm not sure if we should run it as a workshop or a tutorial.  I
>>> also need a couple more points for the discussion outline.  It's due
>>> tomorrow so if you have suggestions let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bryan
>>>
>>> Among the general public, there's a vague understanding about the
>>> metadata contained in media files and that this metadata can contain
>>> information that can be used to identify the origin of an image or video.
>>>  Deleting this metadata from the original file is a quick and dirty
>>> approach to protecting one's privacy, but there are often times when this
>>> metadata is useful.  As more and more mobile media finds it way into the
>>> mainstream news, the need for verification mechanisms increase.   Embedded
>>> metadata is one way to provide contextual information that can help
>>> validate a piece of media, but it can sometimes contain sensitive
>>> information that could put sources at risk.
>>>
>>> Within the human rights, legal, and journalism communities, there is a
>>> need for a way to preserve and enhance the metadata within mobile media
>>> files while at the same time protecting any information considered
>>> sensitive.  The Guardian Project in collaboration with WITNESS, are working
>>> on the creation of developer libraries that handle the capture of mobile
>>> phone sensor data, cryptographic signing, and encryption.  This data can be
>>> packaged into a standardized format which allows the data to be used across
>>> different applications.  This data format, J3M (JSON Evidentiary Mobile
>>> Media Metadata), encapsulates three top level objects:  Intent, Content,
>>> and Data.  These objects describe the who, what, when, where, why, and how
>>> of a media object.
>>>
>>> This (tutorial/workshop) will use J3M as well as existing metadata
>>> standards as starting point to discuss potential implementations of
>>> metadata standards with privacy or cryptographic features and the possible
>>> limitations of such formats. We will look at how this data might be used
>>> and review other systems with similar functionality.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
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> Bryan Nunez
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