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# In an age of synthetic media, provenance becomes...
> In an age of synthetic media, provenance becomes part of personal identity. Maintain source files, dates, stable identifiers, authorship records, and inspectable evidence so a public presentation can remain trustworthy after images, voices, and biographies become cheap to manufacture.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Building a Credible Public Identity - Workbook|Building a Credible Public Identity]]
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“In an age of synthetic media, provenance becomes part of personal identity. Maintain source files, dates, stable identifiers, authorship records, and inspectable evidence so a public presentation can remain trustworthy after images, voices, and biographies become cheap to manufacture.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-age-synthetic-media-become-cheap-manufacture
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