Proofmode is now a Trusted Camera on RealReel

We’re excited to share that Proofmode is now a trusted camera on RealReel. With RealReel’s latest update, photos and videos you capture with the Proofmode app can be posted directly to RealReel, a space on the internet built for media that is verifiably real.

This is the kind of interoperability we have always hoped C2PA Content Credentials would make possible. Proofmode and RealReel are separate teams building separate apps. We never had to agree on a private integration or a shared backend. Proofmode signs each capture with an open, standard C2PA manifest, and RealReel’s verifier checks that manifest the same way it checks media from its own in-app camera.

In RealReel’s words

Dan Kanefsky, developer of RealReel, shared the news on LinkedIn:

Making Content Credentials Useful

Content Credentials only become useful when the places people share media actually read and respect them. Too often, provenance data is stripped away the moment a photo is uploaded. RealReel requires verified capture as the price of entry, and the credentials generated by Proofmode travel with the post.

A few things about this collaboration stand out to us:

• Open standards, not walled gardens. RealReel could have accepted only its own camera. By building on C2PA, it lets people choose the capture tool that works best for them.
• Curation still matters. Having Content Credentials isn’t enough on its own. RealReel keeps a curated list of trusted cameras, and we’re proud that Proofmode made the list.
• Conformance you can check. Both Proofmode and RealReel are on the C2PA Conforming Products List, so the trust between our apps rests on a public, shared process rather than a private deal.
• Open source all the way down. RealReel’s signing and verification code is open source and built on the Content Authenticity Initiative’s open-source C2PA Mobile SDKs, just like Proofmode’s apps.

Try it out

Capture a photo or video with Proofmode, then post it to RealReel and watch it pass verification. I’ve already started posting my daily reality on RealReel.

Thank you to Dan and the RealReel team for building on open standards and for the kind words. If you’re building a platform and want to accept verified captures from Proofmode, get in touch or better yet, just add support the C2PA Standard! We’d love to work with you, but we don’t need a special deal to make that happen.