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Real-world identity recovery tests across social platforms, compression pipelines, and editing workflows.
Every test is documented, reproducible, and transparently reported.
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Platform Survival Matrix
Compare watermark survival across all platforms and media types in one table.
The Landscape
Why Image Provenance Fails Today
Existing approaches each solve part of the problem. PixelSeal combines robustness with cryptographic verification.
The internet doesn't reliably preserve ownership — it often strips or fragments it.
Metadata Provenance
- Rich provenance chain
- Cryptographic signatures
- Industry-backed standard
Screenshot, crop, or re-save can strip metadata. Many social platforms remove or alter metadata on upload.
Standard Invisible Watermarks
- Designed to survive compression
- May persist through screenshots depending on implementation
- Established enterprise deployment
Typically returns an ID rather than structured attribution. Detection is often probabilistic. Lacks built-in cryptographic verification or context.
PixelSeal
- Robust DCT-based embedding
- Cryptographic verification (CRC + HMAC)
- Context snapshot with creator, license, caption
- Remains recoverable after social recompression and screenshots under tested conditions
- Human-readable verification record returned
Combines signal robustness, cryptographic verification, and structured context.
Positioning
Where PixelSeal Sits
Robustness vs. provenance richness — PixelSeal occupies the top-right quadrant.
Top-right = remains recoverable under real-world use AND provides verifiable identity.
Benchmark
Torture V3 Results
53 real-world transforms run against a single sealed image. Independent, automated, reproducible.
We applied the same transformations used by social platforms and editing workflows. Results reflect measured recovery rates across defined test scenarios.
VERIFIED
Cryptographic validation passed — CRC + HMAC intact. The watermark was recovered and the payload is proven authentic.
DETECTED
Watermark signal found but validation didn't pass under that transform. The signal survived; the integrity proof did not.
Must-Pass Checklist
Result: identity remains detectable across most real-world scenarios.
Comparison
How PixelSeal Compares
A straightforward feature comparison across provenance approaches.
Comparison reflects observed behaviour under controlled test conditions. Most systems solve part of the problem. PixelSeal combines robustness with verifiable identity.
| PixelSeal | Metadata Provenance | Standard Invisible Watermarking | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recoverable after screenshots | |||
| Recoverable after social recompression | |||
| Cryptographic verification | |||
| Human-readable provenance returned | |||
| Platform-independent | |||
| Works after metadata stripping |
Test Your Own Image —
See What Remains Recoverable
Upload an image, process it, and verify it after compression or sharing.
Try uploading an image you've already shared online.
All results are reproducible using the same tools available on this site.
Results may vary depending on platform processing and media transformations.