[LINK] Can Israelis edit EXIF headers?

Stilgherrian stil at stilgherrian.com
Sat Jun 5 09:35:47 AEST 2010


On 05/06/2010, at 2:27 AM, Scott Howard wrote:
> In the case of the D2Xs it's a CR1616 lithium battery, which according to
> the manual has a life span of about 4 years...

"About 4 years". It's 2010. The D2Xs was released in 2006. About 4 years ago. Bingo. Flat Li battery is a not-unlikely event.

The photos tagged to have been taken with a D2Xs were datestamped 7 February 2006. Nikon didn't announce the D2Xs until 1 June 2006. 

I have been intrigued with the comments on my Crikey piece and pretty much every other place I've been reading about this which assert, essentially, that the Israeli Defence Force is so awesomely professional that they could never make a mistake like have a camera clock set wrong. Anything vaguely troublesome about the photos is "proof" that Israel is making stuff up. And yet any anything vaguely troublesome about the story of there being no-one but unarmed, peaceful aid workers on a boat is, oddly, also "proof" that Israel is making stuff up. Funny how "confirmation bias" works, eh?

Oh, and a note for the hard-of-thinking. I am not supporting Israel or its actions. Nor am I supporting those on the flotilla or their actions. I have no clear opinion either way. I'm just making the point that photo timestamps being off doesn't make a clear case for fakery, since there's also a reasonable explanation based on common, everyday clock errors. Maybe the photos are or somewhere or somewhen else, but the timestamps aren't the proof people are seeking. Particularly as other photos of some of the same scenes taken with different cameras have correct timestamps.

Stil


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