SecureSmartCam » CameraV (InformaCam Project)

We need to re-implement the hash-only submission aspect of our previous server into a new "Notary" capacity, both as a feature of core, and something provided by ICTD files.

InformaCore should be able to automatically ping configured notaries with hash values of media when it is captured. This is to get as close to "this hash existed at this date/time, sent from this IP" as we can get. Notaries can be URLs, Email addresses, or SMS phone numbers.

The ICTD definition should include a {Notaries:[{}]} section just as it does Repositories. I think Notaries should be independent of Repositories, in the ICTD definition, however, they may be coordinated on the back-end.

I could imagine, for instance, the IBA setting up an "SMS Notary", so {Notary: { Type: "SMS", Destination: "+441125551212"}. In this case, the InformaCore would send an SMS of a media hash as soon as that media was captured, to the indicated phone number. When the IBA receives the SMS, they can save that hash value, and later use it to verify against a submission sent in via their Globaleaks instance.

GLSP on the other hand, may just want an email {Notary {Type: "Email", Destination: "justpayphone@glsp.org"}}

Martus and/or a Globaleaks back-end, could support an onion-based ping type URL: {Notary {Type:"URL", Desitation: "http://12398djaslkd1.onion/icnotary/"}}

We could also consider providing a default notary option using a Distributed Hash Table, Bitcoin, or other difficult to refute public service.