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Blur tools for Signal (signal.org)

submitted 1 year ago by btp@kbin.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 28 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Always heard blurring was ineffective and that solid colored boxes should be used instead

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

That does sound more effective. You really have to trust that the blur algorithm cannot be reverse engineered if you use that. Removing the data seems more certain than transforming it somehow.

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