Photo verification, in plain language
Practical guides to checking when a photo was taken, what its metadata can and cannot prove, and how to tell signed or AI-generated images apart.
How to tell when a photo was taken
Where the capture date lives, three ways to read it, and why it is sometimes missing.
What are Content Credentials (C2PA), and how do you check them?
The signed "nutrition label" for images, and why it is stronger than plain EXIF.
How to read EXIF metadata, and what it can and cannot prove
What your camera records, how to view it, and where it falls short as evidence.
Is this photo AI-generated? How to actually check
Why "AI detectors" mislead, and the provenance signals that actually help.