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Posted June 17, 2009
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Unrest in Iran |
STOP SPREADING FAKE DOCUMENTS! [Forgery: interior ministry letter to supreme leader]
Please stop sending, sharing and spreading this fake letter. We made fun of Ahmadinejad because of Photoshopping the crowd in Keyhan newspaper, now it's so stupid to do exactly the same.
Why would we need to fake and fabricate documents to prove ourselves?
THAT JUST MAKES US LOOK FAKE!
SEMPER FI,
TheStyx
PROCESS:
There are two levels to analyze a document. One is technical and the other one is official. In technical analysis, we usually look for 'overlayed' layers, we perform a pixel density check and get a overlay level histogram map. If the histogram is too jagged, it means that the document modified with different level of colors. If the pixel density mismatched it also means that the layers of document aren't from the same originality.
In official validation level, we compare the document with the same verified documents. Seal, letterhead and even signature are checked in this stage.
In that particular document, we don't even have a refrence number. It means that the document can never be verified.
Of course there's a third level that is social analysis, which includes the probability of existence of the document by social engineering. For example, we figure how it's possible that the document leaked and also we study the contents of the letter and grammar. Of course I didn't put up the social report in here.
I hope it was helpful.
SEMPER FI,
TheStyx
P.S. I published this for further disambiguation
- TAGS:
- iran,
- votes,
- fake,
- fabricated,
- interior,
- iran_election,
- rahbar,
- ministry,
- ahmadinejad,
- documents
- GROUPS:
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