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Why is this advertised for passwords only? It should work for any pixelated text. Just because cracking passwords sounds like a cool use case? This project is s

Why is this advertised for passwords only? It should work for any pixelated text. Just because cracking passwords sounds like a cool use case? This project is shooting itself in the foot. Plus it's not like passwords are ever pixelated on-screen, they're generally stylized as asterisks. But sweet leet hacking skills bro

SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
A similar method was used to uncover the name of a game mode in a teaser video from nintendo. Since it was a video the pixels would change as things moved and you could reverse the pixelation fairly well.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
  Any source for this? That sounds interesting.
  - SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
    It looks like this may be more due to a mistake in the censor area than a general pattern you can use but here it is https://twitter.com/Lattie9001/status/1027204063811850240 https://twitter.com/Lattie9001/status/1027204063811850240 These kinds of mistakes show up constantly. Another one that often works is when people draw black bars over words they are often no 100% opaque and you can chuck them in to gimp, drag the levels around until the original word is exposed.
- manceraio 6y ago
  What about that bitcoin wallet that was blurred on TV and they managed to reverse engineer it? Cannot find source.
  - nyanpasu64 6y ago
    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41737248 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41737248 > Two French hackers used their computer skills to reconstruct a blurred-out code on TV and claim bitcoins worth $1,000 (£760).
    - Scoundreller 6y ago
      It was Bitcoin cash, so the 3 are worth, today, ~$1320. I think the hackers could have made more money if they got real jobs doing valuable work.
      - dxdm 6y ago
        The money they _directly_ got out of this might not have been their only motivation.
    - oehtXRwMkIs 6y ago
      Funny they say bitcoins when 1 bitcoin was at least $1000 back then. I'm pretty sure the usual grammar rules apply so you can't use the plural unless you have at least 2 bitcoins. Super minor but interesting how a vastly deflated currency that is super divisible can mess with our usual language.

SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago

A similar method was used to uncover the name of a game mode in a teaser video from nintendo. Since it was a video the pixels would change as things moved and you could reverse the pixelation fairly well.

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
Any source for this? That sounds interesting.
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
  It looks like this may be more due to a mistake in the censor area than a general pattern you can use but here it is https://twitter.com/Lattie9001/status/1027204063811850240 https://twitter.com/Lattie9001/status/1027204063811850240 These kinds of mistakes show up constantly. Another one that often works is when people draw black bars over words they are often no 100% opaque and you can chuck them in to gimp, drag the levels around until the original word is exposed.
manceraio 6y ago
What about that bitcoin wallet that was blurred on TV and they managed to reverse engineer it? Cannot find source.
- nyanpasu64 6y ago
  https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41737248 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41737248 > Two French hackers used their computer skills to reconstruct a blurred-out code on TV and claim bitcoins worth $1,000 (£760).
  - Scoundreller 6y ago
    It was Bitcoin cash, so the 3 are worth, today, ~$1320. I think the hackers could have made more money if they got real jobs doing valuable work.
    - dxdm 6y ago
      The money they _directly_ got out of this might not have been their only motivation.
  - oehtXRwMkIs 6y ago
    Funny they say bitcoins when 1 bitcoin was at least $1000 back then. I'm pretty sure the usual grammar rules apply so you can't use the plural unless you have at least 2 bitcoins. Super minor but interesting how a vastly deflated currency that is super divisible can mess with our usual language.