US Patent 11714923 Methods and systems for protecting data integrity

Disclosed implementations may include receiving a first communication comprising first content generated by a first user; identifying authentication metadata embedded within the first communication; receiving a second communication generated by a second user, wherein the second communication comprises second content and the authentication metadata; decoding the authentication metadata from the second communication; parsing the first content of the first communication and the second content of the second communication; determining that the first content is different than the second content based at least in part on the parsing; and generating an alteration notification based at least in part on the determining.