Room 02. Is it real? Is it real?Is it real?Is it real?

Pairs in this room

1. 02/01 Vermeer ↔ phishing

   Han van Meegeren, 1937

   The expert believed the fake Vermeer; chemistry did not. A phishing page copies a bank to the pixel, but the address gives it away. Read the whole address before typing a password.

2. 02/02 Not a pipe ↔ not a bank

   René Magritte, 1929

   “This is not a pipe,” Magritte wrote under a pipe. A copy of a bank's screen is not a bank either. Reach your bank only through your own app or bookmark.

3. 02/03 White paint ↔ deepfake

   Wolfgang Beltracchi, forged in the 2000s, “dated” 1914

   Beltracchi was caught by a white pigment that did not exist in 1914. A deepfake is betrayed by one impossible detail too. In doubt about a video? Find the original source.

4. 02/04 Horse ↔ trojan

   The myth of the Trojan War, antiquity

   The Trojans dragged the horse inside themselves. A trojan is a program you run yourself because it looks like a gift. Never plug in a USB stick you found.

5. 02/05 Prisoner ↔ “Mum, I'm in trouble”

   The New York Times, 1898

   The Spanish prisoner in 1898, the Nigerian letter in the 2000s, “Mum, I've had an accident” today: urgency, secrecy, a transfer. Call back on the number you already know.

6. 02/06 X-ray ↔ hash

   A conservation laboratory

   A museum checks a painting with X-ray, infrared, pigments and provenance. A file is checked with a hash, a signature, a certificate and metadata. Download software only from the official site.