Secure Cryptographic Watermarking and Encryption Technology for Video Verification
Cryptographic System to Authenticate Video Content and Prevent AI-Driven Tampering (Patent Pending)
Inventor: Jeffery Raskin
Email – jjraskin@mynicejob.com
Cell/text – 775-253-2853
Long-term Goal
Our long-term goal is to revolutionize digital video content security by establishing a globally recognized standard for secure cryptographic watermarking and video verification.
We aim to provide the most reliable solution for authenticating video content, making it nearly impossible for malicious actors to modify or tamper with digital evidence, media, and personal video files.
Customer Wishes
Customer Needs: Customers need reliable tools to verify the authenticity of video content, due to increasing concerns over AI-generated tampering and deepfakes.
Customer Requirements: Customers wish for a straightforward, user-friendly solution that seamlessly integrates with existing workflows to ensure video integrity without compromising quality or data privacy.
Customer Challenges: Current solutions that rely on metadata or visual watermarks can be tampered with, are prone to quality loss, and do not provide robust verification. Customers need a secure solution that offers transparency and assurance.
Fulfilling Customer Needs
Main Product Attributes:Cryptographic Watermarking: Embedding unique cryptographic identifiers to ensure authenticity.
RSA Digital Signatures: Utilizing RSA digital signatures to provide mathematical proof of video origin and prevent unauthorized modifications.
SHA-256 for Tamper Detection: SHA-256 hashes create a unique video fingerprint, alerting users to any changes in content.
AES Encryption (Optional): Provides high-security encryption to safeguard sensitive video content.
Linking Attributes to Needs:
Customers require a tamper-proof way to verify video content integrity, and this product provides that through digital signatures and cryptographic watermarking. The optional AES encryption helps ensure data confidentiality.
Cost Analysis
Financial Advantages for Customers:
Lower Costs of Litigation: By providing tamper-proof evidence, this technology can save legal fees and costs associated with questioning the authenticity of video content.
Reduced Downtime: Reliable verification allows customers (such as media companies) to confidently release content without delays.
Comparison with Competitors: Competitive Pricing: Our pricing structure is competitive with other AI-based verification systems, but our technology offers superior cryptographic verification rather than simple pattern analysis.
Higher Quality Verification: Unlike traditional watermarking solutions, our product offers mathematically validated signatures, ensuring unmatched data integrity and trust.
Strengths and Advantages
Special Features:
Real-Time Verification: Ensures that video content can be authenticated on the spot, enhancing security workflows.
Tamper Detection: SHA-256 hashing enables immediate alerts for any modifications or discrepancies in the video.
Cryptographic Integration: Combines multiple cryptographic technologies (RSA, SHA-256, AES) for a holistic and robust video protection solution.
Key Advantages:
Resistant to AI Tampering: Unlike other pattern-based solutions, our cryptographic watermarking and signatures cannot be forged or altered by AI systems.
Secure by Design: Encryption adds an extra layer of security, ensuring that even if video data is intercepted, it cannot be misused.
Next Steps of Action
Immediate Actions:
*Note (Proof of Completed Successfully)
Pilot Testing: Start pilot testing with selected industry partners, including media and legal institutions, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technology.
Secure Funding: Seek seed funding to accelerate development, expand the technical team, and enhance production capabilities.
Partnership Outreach: Establish strategic partnerships with digital media companies and law enforcement technology suppliers to expand market penetration.
Product Development:
Develop the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and conduct iterative testing to fine-tune features.
Gather feedback from pilot tests to make necessary adjustments before scaling.
Advanced Features Appendix
High-Level Summary
This section introduces additional features designed to enhance the security, functionality, and uniqueness of the core cryptographic watermarking and encryption system.
Feature Overview
A collection of advanced security and operational features that complement the core technology. These include runtime decryption, dynamic extension management, time-limited access, and DRM integration. Each feature is intended to provide an additional layer of security, enable user-specific customization, and enhance the integrity and protection of video content.
1. Runtime Decryption
Purpose: Allows the video file to be decrypted in real-time when accessed, enhancing security by ensuring the file remains encrypted at rest.
Methodology:
User authentication (e.g., PIN input) triggers decryption.
The AES key is used in memory for decryption without creating a persistent, unencrypted copy.
Implementation:
AES-GCM decryption algorithm is initialized and data streamed to the player.
Novelty: Protects against unauthorized access by keeping the video encrypted at all times except during active, authenticated use.
2. Dynamic Extension Management
Purpose: Temporarily changes the video file’s extension to obfuscate its type and deter unauthorized access or detection.
Methodology:
The original file extension is switched to a generic format during idle storage.
Upon authenticated use, the extension is reverted to its original form.
Implementation:
File system operations handle extension changes, ensuring compatibility with storage and playback systems.
Novelty: Adds an obfuscation layer to disguise video files and reduce the risk of automated detection or unauthorized access.
3. Time-Limited Access
Purpose: Introduces a time-sensitive mechanism for decrypting and playing the video, allowing access for a set period.
Methodology:
A timer is activated when the video is first accessed, with the AES key self-destructing or invalidating after a predefined duration.
Implementation:
Secure timers and a revocation process ensure the video file becomes unreadable after the access window expires.
Novelty: Provides time-based control over content access, useful for temporary licensing and secure content distribution.
4. Find Me Feature (Pone Home)
Purpose: Adds a mechanism for tracking and monitoring video usage to detect where and how content is accessed.
Methodology:
Embeds unique identifiers and tracking signals within the video file that can report back when the content is played or shared.
Optional consent mechanisms ensure user privacy compliance.
Implementation:
Integrates tracking codes and beacon technology that activate upon playback, sending data to a monitoring server.
Novelty: Provides a new level of content tracking that can alert content owners to unauthorized access or usage without disrupting the user experience.
5. Advanced DRM with Self-Destruct and Remote Key Revocation
Purpose: Integrates standard Digital Rights Management (DRM) for tracking and controlling video playback, with an added layer of enhanced security through self-destruct and remote key revocation mechanisms.
Methodology:
Standard DRM protocols are used to manage user access, usage rights, and playback conditions.
The Self-Destruct and Remote Key Revocation feature allows for the encryption key to be invalidated remotely or automatically after unauthorized access attempts, specific conditions, or a preset time limit.
Implementation:
Combines DRM technology with cryptographic processes, ensuring compatibility with industry standards.
Secure remote access tools and time-based key management routines are employed for revocation.
Novelty: This feature extends traditional DRM by providing real-time monitoring, control over key invalidation, and the ability for content owners to revoke access and trigger self-destruction of decryption keys. This ensures unmatched content protection, even in scenarios where content is moved to unauthorized devices.