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18:["$","p","Ordinary photo metadata (EXIF) can be useful, but it can also be edited or lost when a file is copied, exported, or sent through a messaging app. That's why metadata alone shouldn't be treated as conclusive — it's the independent, outside confirmation that actually gives a date real weight.",{"children":"Ordinary photo metadata (EXIF) can be useful, but it can also be edited or lost when a file is copied, exported, or sent through a messaging app. That's why metadata alone shouldn't be treated as conclusive — it's the independent, outside confirmation that actually gives a date real weight."}]
19:["$","section","How this works in practice in HandProof",{"className":"article-section","children":[["$","h2",null,{"children":"How this works in practice in HandProof"}],[["$","p","When you generate a report in the PRO version, the app sends a short, invisible fingerprint of the document to Sectigo — a Qualified Trust Service Provider under the EU's eIDAS regulation — never the photos themselves or their content. There is no way to reconstruct an image from that fingerprint, so your privacy stays intact.",{"children":"When you generate a report in the PRO version, the app sends a short, invisible fingerprint of the document to Sectigo — a Qualified Trust Service Provider under the EU's eIDAS regulation — never the photos themselves or their content. There is no way to reconstruct an image from that fingerprint, so your privacy stays intact."}],["$","p","In return you get a signed certificate: proof that the document, in that exact form, existed at that time. The certificate lands in the export together with the photos — a complete evidence package in a single file, ready for a lawyer or an insurer.",{"children":"In return you get a signed certificate: proof that the document, in that exact form, existed at that time. The certificate lands in the export together with the photos — a complete evidence package in a single file, ready for a lawyer or an insurer."}]],null]}]
1a:["$","section","What a file's fingerprint alone doesn't prove",{"className":"article-section","children":[["$","h2",null,{"children":"What a file's fingerprint alone doesn't prove"}],[["$","p","A cryptographic fingerprint (hash) works like a digital fingerprint — if the file changes, its hash changes too. That lets you verify a photo is identical to the one that was originally sealed. That matters, but it isn't everything you'd want to know about a photo.",{"children":"A cryptographic fingerprint (hash) works like a digital fingerprint — if the file changes, its hash changes too. That lets you verify a photo is identical to the one that was originally sealed. That matters, but it isn't everything you'd want to know about a photo."}],["$","p","A file's fingerprint alone doesn't prove who took the photo, where it was taken, what happened before it, that the scene wasn't staged, or that the device's clock was accurate. That's why good documentation isn't a single sealed photo — it's a consistent set: wide shots for context, close-ups, matching angles before and after, and, where possible, messages or a protocol that tie the photos to a specific event.",{"children":"A file's fingerprint alone doesn't prove who took the photo, where it was taken, what happened before it, that the scene wasn't staged, or that the device's clock was accurate. That's why good documentation isn't a single sealed photo — it's a consistent set: wide shots for context, close-ups, matching angles before and after, and, where possible, messages or a protocol that tie the photos to a specific event."}]],null]}]
1b:["$","section","When to get it",{"className":"article-section","children":[["$","h2",null,{"children":"When to get it"}],[["$","p","Independent proof of date confirms that a document existed at the moment it reached Sectigo — not earlier. If you shoot your photo session for free and only request the certificate a month later, once a dispute has already started, the certificate will show that later date, not the day you moved in or handed the keys over.",{"children":"Independent proof of date confirms that a document existed at the moment it reached Sectigo — not earlier. If you shoot your photo session for free and only request the certificate a month later, once a dispute has already started, the certificate will show that later date, not the day you moved in or handed the keys over."}],["$","p","That's why it does the most good when you request it right after the session, rather than waiting until you actually need it. That way the certificate date and the event date are the same day — not something the other side can dismiss as timed to fit the dispute.",{"children":"That's why it does the most good when you request it right after the session, rather than waiting until you actually need it. That way the certificate date and the event date are the same day — not something the other side can dismiss as timed to fit the dispute."}]],null]}]
1c:["$","section","Will a court or insurer accept it?",{"className":"article-section","children":[["$","h2",null,{"children":"Will a court or insurer accept it?"}],[["$","p","The certificate you get is an eIDAS-qualified time stamp issued by Sectigo — and under EU law, that kind of time stamp carries a legal presumption of the accuracy of the date and the integrity of the data, recognized in every EU member state. This isn't just an informal standard \"banks and institutions happen to like\" — it's a specific provision of law (Article 41 of the eIDAS regulation). Its verification is open and available to anyone.",{"children":"The certificate you get is an eIDAS-qualified time stamp issued by Sectigo — and under EU law, that kind of time stamp carries a legal presumption of the accuracy of the date and the integrity of the data, recognized in every EU member state. This isn't just an informal standard \"banks and institutions happen to like\" — it's a specific provision of law (Article 41 of the eIDAS regulation). Its verification is open and available to anyone."}],["$","p","In practice this means you can show the report to a judge, a lawyer, or an insurance adjuster — and each of them can independently verify that the date is genuine and the document hasn't been altered.",{"children":"In practice this means you can show the report to a judge, a lawyer, or an insurance adjuster — and each of them can independently verify that the date is genuine and the document hasn't been altered."}]],null]}]
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