A draft of KF-OS 3, the Foundation’s proposed standard on private provenance for ocular capture, is now open for public comment until 15 January 2027.
The draft would require an optical implant to sign any image or video its wearer chooses to record, using a scheme that proves the image came from a conforming device and has not been changed, without revealing which device or whose eye. It follows the recommendation in Frothly’s report On Artificial Owls that device makers sign images at capture in ways that protect the identity of the person capturing them.
“An implant is the most personal camera there is,” said Dr Tachibana Shion, who edits the Foundation’s standards. “If its signatures identified the wearer, every journalist and witness wearing one would be carrying a confession. We want proof of authenticity without proof of identity.”
The working group would particularly like to hear from journalists, human rights investigators and archivists. Comments can be sent to standards@kiroshi.org and will be published with the working group’s response.