>No, because images will be confirmed to have been taken on "this iPhone".

Actually the description of Apple makes explicit statements AGAINST that:

Quote: Privacy preservation: an outside observer cannot determine whether any pair of reference images were taken by the same device

> an outside observer

An inside observer can tho, and if they know or have it, cant they be subpoenaed and forced to disclose the identity?

This sounds pretty bad for journalists/sources. Why is this needed now of all times?

I think it's great for journalists and journalism because maybe people will stop paying attention to crap on social media, which won't have such verification, and they'll be instead looking at legit journalism.

Not to contradict but that sounds overly rosy

Your guess is as good as mine...

And then every anonymous source gets revealed, and the government bombs then for the greater good.