Apparatus, method and computer program for authenticating images

A method comprising:

• receiving one or more images captured by an imaging device;
• extracting one or more light patterns from the one or more images where the one or more light patterns correspond to light reflected from at least part of an object that was positioned out of field of view of the imaging device when the one or more images were captured so that the at least part the object does not appear in the one or more images but light reflected from the at least part of the object that was positioned out of field of view creates the one or more light patterns in the one or more images;
• and
• determining if the extracted one or more light patterns correspond to a predetermined object to enable authentication of the one or more images.

An imaging device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the imaging device at least to perform:
• capture one or more images while at least part of an object is positioned out of field of view of the imaging device so that the at least part the object does not appear in the one or more images but light reflected from the at least part of the object creates a detectable one or more light patterns in the one or more images;
• and
• enable the one or more images to be transmitted to a third party apparatus to enable the detectable one or more light patterns to be used to authenticate the one or more images.