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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 11 months ago (13 children)

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

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 21 points 11 months ago (8 children)

I recall a story of a pedophile being caught because they posted pictures using a radial warp on the face. It wasn't too hard for enforcement to code a filter that undoes the radial warp, and instantly saw the original photo to identify and lock away the creep.

[–] alwaysconfused@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For those who are interested, here is a 20 minute mini-documentary about this individual that goes by the name of Mr. Swirl.

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