Blur tools for Signal: if you take or edit photos of crowds or strangers with Signal, you can use our face blur tool to quickly hide people’s biometric face data.

You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.

  • SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    They had to ask adobe if i recall correctly. Which does mean it isnt as easy as it sounds to reverse engineer (since adobe developed it, they obviously knew how to do it)

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      9 months ago

      Based on the documentary linked by @[email protected], at 9:50, it looks like the swirl effect was unique in being able to be undone, since it was neither “typical censor nor blur”.