Table of Contents
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RELEVANCE AND PURPOSE OF DIGITAL VERIFICATION ..................................... 6
1.1
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 6
1.1.1
A (quick) introduction to the verification process ........................................................... 7
1.1.1.1
2
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION .......................................................................................... 10
2.1
ANALYZE USER ACCOUNT/PROFILE .................................................................................... 10
2.1.1
3
Bringing the indicators together .......................................................................................................... 9
Example Account Verification ...................................................................................... 13
EXAMINING THE EVENT DEPICTED ......................................................................... 16
3.1
VERIFYING THE EVENT DEPICTED IN A PHOTO OR VIDEO ................................................ 16
3.1.1
Things you may need to verify: ..................................................................................... 16
3.1.1.1
People depicted .................................................................................................................................... 16
3.1.1.2
Structures depicted .............................................................................................................................. 19
3.1.1.2.1
3.1.1.3
Corroboration ....................................................................................................................................... 20
3.1.1.3.1
3.1.1.4
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Case Study ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Weapons ............................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1.1.4.1
Case Study 1 .................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1.1.4.2
Case Study 2 .................................................................................................................................... 24
TIME OF EVENT ............................................................................................................. 25
4.1
VERIFYING AND CORROBORATING THE TIME OF THE EVENT DEPICTED ......................... 25
4.1.1
5
Case Study ....................................................................................................................................... 19
Case study ..................................................................................................................... 27
EXAMINING THE LOCATION OF EVENT ................................................................. 30
5.1
GEOLOCATING THE EVENT DEPICTED ................................................................................ 30
5.1.1
Case Study ..................................................................................................................... 31
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REPORTING ON FINDINGS......................................................................................... 36
7
CHALLENGES AND PITFALLS .................................................................................... 37
7.1
8
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND ................................................................................................... 37
RESOURCES AND TOOLS ............................................................................................ 41
8.1
MAPS ..................................................................................................................................... 41
8.1.1
Google Maps .................................................................................................................. 41
8.1.2
Google Earth .................................................................................................................. 43
8.1.3
WikiMapia ..................................................................................................................... 45
8.1.4
GeoNames ...................................................................................................................... 46
8.1.5
Degree to Decimal Converter ........................................................................................ 47
8.2
REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH ..................................................................................................... 48
8.2.1.1
Example 1 - Screenshots...................................................................................................................... 48
8.2.1.2
Example 2 - Focal Points ..................................................................................................................... 49
8.2.1.3
Example 3 - Bad Focal Point Results ................................................................................................. 50
8.2.2
TinEye ........................................................................................................................... 51
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