jpg deliberately degraded

Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo

On 29 Jan 2007 08:35:13 -0800, wrote:
Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo

_Please_ tell me this is a joke. I'm hardly a fan of GWB, but claiming
that his administration "deliberately degraded" jpeg images is asinine
to the extreme, about one step removed from claiming that the government
faked the mmon landings with the help of alien technology stored at Area
51.

For starters, the JPG specification predates GWB's administration by
almost a decade.

-dms

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Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo


Yes.

You had also better continue wearing your foil Beanie, otherwise the TV News
Presenters will be able to read your mind.

Roy G

wrote:
Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo

So glad I switched to jpeg2000 then!

DP

That is a correct. It is a result of the War on Terror.

Shortly after the attack on the WTC on Septrember 11, 2001, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified JPG and JPEG images
as a resource of great national strategic value. As such, they require
regulation by and oversight of the US Government.

Regulations were composed and implemented to enable this oversight.
All devices capable of recording images (such as digital cameras) are
required to automatically transmit the images to the Library of
Strategic Images (LSI), which is overseen by the National Security
Agency (NSA). Previously manufactured devices were retroactively
modified through remote means to comply with these regulations. After
arriving at the LSI, the images are transmitted back to the user's
device (these being the copies of the images you see).

Similarly, computer software that creates JPG images transmit the
images to the LSI via the Internet. After being transmitted to the LSI
and cataloged, they are transmitted back to the sending machine
(identified by the UUID of the host system).

The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created—past,
present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with
reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the
world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for
each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera,
date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white
balance settings.

There have been rumors of some of these JPG images being degraded.
Subsequent research and information gained through the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA) have revealed that this occurs only with people
currently under investigation for connections with terror
organizations, organized crime, and gross nutrition offenses.
Apparently, when someone is under investigation, the images are
diverted to any additional (top secret) location between the device
and the LSI. This extra diversion results in the degragation where the
person taking the picture does not get 100% of the picture. Typically,
though, only 10% of the picture is lost in this process (known as the
Brown-Curley CYMK 300 Bifurcation Process).

The US Government does make available forms with which you can request
return of the lost 10% of the images. These forms are also available
via the Internet.

On 29 Jan 2007 08:35:13 -0800, wrote:

Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo

"Steve Koterski" wrote in message
...
That is a correct. It is a result of the War on Terror.

Shortly after the attack on the WTC on Septrember 11, 2001, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified JPG and JPEG images
as a resource of great national strategic value. As such, they require
regulation by and oversight of the US Government.

Regulations were composed and implemented to enable this oversight.
All devices capable of recording images (such as digital cameras) are
required to automatically transmit the images to the Library of
Strategic Images (LSI), which is overseen by the National Security
Agency (NSA). Previously manufactured devices were retroactively
modified through remote means to comply with these regulations. After
arriving at the LSI, the images are transmitted back to the user's
device (these being the copies of the images you see).

Similarly, computer software that creates JPG images transmit the
images to the LSI via the Internet. After being transmitted to the LSI
and cataloged, they are transmitted back to the sending machine
(identified by the UUID of the host system).

The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created-past,
present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with
reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the
world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for
each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera,
date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white
balance settings.

There have been rumors of some of these JPG images being degraded.
Subsequent research and information gained through the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA) have revealed that this occurs only with people
currently under investigation for connections with terror
organizations, organized crime, and gross nutrition offenses.
Apparently, when someone is under investigation, the images are
diverted to any additional (top secret) location between the device
and the LSI. This extra diversion results in the degragation where the
person taking the picture does not get 100% of the picture. Typically,
though, only 10% of the picture is lost in this process (known as the
Brown-Curley CYMK 300 Bifurcation Process).

The US Government does make available forms with which you can request
return of the lost 10% of the images. These forms are also available
via the Internet.


Glad that's all cleared up : )

In article .com,
wrote:

Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo


Gawd. Is ANYONE going to be stupid enough to fall for this troll?

--
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a
reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
independence.
-- Charles A. Beard

LOL, It really looks like some people did not even get 10 % of the picture.


"Steve Koterski" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
That is a correct. It is a result of the War on Terror.

Shortly after the attack on the WTC on Septrember 11, 2001, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified JPG and JPEG images
as a resource of great national strategic value. As such, they require
regulation by and oversight of the US Government.

Regulations were composed and implemented to enable this oversight.
All devices capable of recording images (such as digital cameras) are
required to automatically transmit the images to the Library of
Strategic Images (LSI), which is overseen by the National Security
Agency (NSA). Previously manufactured devices were retroactively
modified through remote means to comply with these regulations. After
arriving at the LSI, the images are transmitted back to the user's
device (these being the copies of the images you see).

Similarly, computer software that creates JPG images transmit the
images to the LSI via the Internet. After being transmitted to the LSI
and cataloged, they are transmitted back to the sending machine
(identified by the UUID of the host system).

The LSI maintains copies of every JPG image ever created-past,
present, and future. The LSI has an enormous staff that is tasked with
reviewing and evaluating each new JPG picture taken, anywhere in the
world. In addition to the visual content, other data is maintain for
each image, including: author/photographer, make and model of camera,
date and time the image was taken, exposure readings, and white
balance settings.

There have been rumors of some of these JPG images being degraded.
Subsequent research and information gained through the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA) have revealed that this occurs only with people
currently under investigation for connections with terror
organizations, organized crime, and gross nutrition offenses.
Apparently, when someone is under investigation, the images are
diverted to any additional (top secret) location between the device
and the LSI. This extra diversion results in the degragation where the
person taking the picture does not get 100% of the picture. Typically,
though, only 10% of the picture is lost in this process (known as the
Brown-Curley CYMK 300 Bifurcation Process).

The US Government does make available forms with which you can request
return of the lost 10% of the images. These forms are also available
via the Internet.

On 29 Jan 2007 08:35:13 -0800, wrote:

Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo

In article , John Ortt
wrote:

"Steve Koterski" wrote in message
...
That is a correct. It is a result of the War on Terror.

Shortly after the attack on the WTC on Septrember 11, 2001, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified JPG and JPEG images
as a resource of great national strategic value. As such, they require
regulation by and oversight of the US Government.


snip


The US Government does make available forms with which you can request
return of the lost 10% of the images. These forms are also available
via the Internet.


Glad that's all cleared up : )



Hehe. That's almost as good as some of the true urban legend articles
floating around out there. Steve should add writing conspiracy theory
books (á la DaVinci Code, etc.) to photography as a hobby/profession.
g

Betcha that if you let that article out into the wild of the rest of
usenet, and especially if you added some sort of "tax on .jpg images"
bit to it (similar to the old "modem tax" urban legend), you'd have a
great run with it. :^)

--
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a
reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
independence.
-- Charles A. Beard

JPG DOES degrade the image. But, it has nothing to do with the US government
or GWB. It has to do with JPG being a lossy compression format. It was
designed from the ground up to loose image data that is how it takes a 4MB
and gets it down to 512k.

ljc

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Do not assume that because I didn't reply to your comments that you are
correct or that I am wrong or that I am correct and your are wrong. You
can assume that you bore me!




wrote in message
oups.com...
Greet to group,
I have just heard that jpg is made degraded by US government.
Deliberate! You do not get 100% of photograph. This is like the
selective availability of GPS by America Government. This is big shock
to me. From now I will use png and say no to Mr Bush playing with my
picture
Laszlo