@sandofsky@mastodon.social lol - not really I'm afraid - you are correct in your post. Unless a platform supports methods like the C2PA initiative, and the whole end to end chain of events is managed (as you say, thats not possible in reality), the only way to prove a photo, video or image is real, is to stay within the verification ecosystem from capture/creation to viewing. News agencies/broadcasters could do this of course. Outside of those methods, it will be open to abuse. 1/2