GoKawiilStealth Software and UVM Researchers Build ZK-JPEG to Verify Compressed Photo Authenticity
Researchers from Stealth Software Technologies and the University of Vermont have developed ZK-JPEG, a zero-knowledge cryptographic system that proves a JPEG image was correctly compressed from a genuine, committed source photo. The tool also supports common edits like blurring or redacting regions while still generating a valid proof, using the PicoZK framework to translate Python-based image editing into a zero-knowledge circuit built on line-point zero knowledge proofs.