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Its been months of work building and improving blurweb app i will love your all input on how we can make it better

Isinlor 5y ago
Blur can be reverted with deep neural networks. You should not rely on it for hiding sensitive info. http://yuzhikov.com/articles/BlurredImagesRestoration1.htm http://yuzhikov.com/articles/BlurredImagesRestoration1.htm
- apodolny 5y ago
  Yes - this is definitely an issue, especially with text data. One thing I’m curious about: Google Street View apparently adds noise and then blurs. Is this a viable option?
  - lucb1e 5y ago
    If you really really want blur, just apply enough of it. Otherwise, just pick a solid color that matches the environment. The text example in the article that GP linked[1] looks pretty reversible to me indeed. Not sure it needs a neural network, or at least it could be enhanced a lot with character frequency checking or matching words against a dictionary, but I haven't ever seen text unblurred where I didn't expect it might be possible. Personally I don't find blurring to be less annoying than a reasonable color. Pitch black stands out a lot, but something close to the background color (but clearly distinct) is unobtrusive while also being clear that something was censored and not just a broken image. [1] https://hsto.org/storage2/eff/36d/77a/eff36d77a583b46e461c12a3c0037063.png https://hsto.org/storage2/eff/36d/77a/eff36d77a583b46e461c12...
    - throwamon 5y ago
      When dealing with text, couldn't the software replace the area with some text block of Lorem ipsum-style gibberish before blurring it? It could even try to be a little clever and mimic the format of the original text. This way you get the desired effect with absolute secrecy, with the added bonus that you bait people who try to unblur it into wasting their time. :)
      - lucb1e 5y ago
        Certainly the text not being under the blur would be the best way to hide what was under the blur. The trick is of course in actually making it do that in an automated fashion.
  - sibrahim 5y ago
    If I wanted to keep the blur aesthetic, I'd probably do a full removal, run an inpainting algorithm to replace the removed region with something less jarring in context and then blur the result. The inpainting algorithm can be fairly low quality and still get acceptable results since it won't be seen directly.
- theindianappguy 5y ago
  okay i will add others ways to do it then
logifail 5y ago
> i will love your all input on how we can make it better You have some typos on your page, I found two within the first ten seconds of [skim-]reading. Find them and fix them! :)
- theindianappguy 5y ago
  sure will, english is not my first language
martinald 5y ago
Looks cool. I'd recommend getting a professional voice over artist do the video audio you have though. It makes a huge difference and isn't expensive at all on upwork etc.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  Voice over sounds great to me as it is! Very clear, engaging, good audio quality.
  - theindianappguy 5y ago
    thanks
- theindianappguy 5y ago
  i just feel doing it myself feels more authentic there are many company who just do that and it does not feel authentic

Blur can be reverted with deep neural networks. You should not rely on it for hiding sensitive info. http://yuzhikov.com/articles/BlurredImagesRestoration1.htm http://yuzhikov.com/articles/BlurredImagesRestoration1.htm

apodolny 5y ago
Yes - this is definitely an issue, especially with text data. One thing I’m curious about: Google Street View apparently adds noise and then blurs. Is this a viable option?
- lucb1e 5y ago
  If you really really want blur, just apply enough of it. Otherwise, just pick a solid color that matches the environment. The text example in the article that GP linked[1] looks pretty reversible to me indeed. Not sure it needs a neural network, or at least it could be enhanced a lot with character frequency checking or matching words against a dictionary, but I haven't ever seen text unblurred where I didn't expect it might be possible. Personally I don't find blurring to be less annoying than a reasonable color. Pitch black stands out a lot, but something close to the background color (but clearly distinct) is unobtrusive while also being clear that something was censored and not just a broken image. [1] https://hsto.org/storage2/eff/36d/77a/eff36d77a583b46e461c12a3c0037063.png https://hsto.org/storage2/eff/36d/77a/eff36d77a583b46e461c12...
  - throwamon 5y ago
    When dealing with text, couldn't the software replace the area with some text block of Lorem ipsum-style gibberish before blurring it? It could even try to be a little clever and mimic the format of the original text. This way you get the desired effect with absolute secrecy, with the added bonus that you bait people who try to unblur it into wasting their time. :)
    - lucb1e 5y ago
      Certainly the text not being under the blur would be the best way to hide what was under the blur. The trick is of course in actually making it do that in an automated fashion.
- sibrahim 5y ago
  If I wanted to keep the blur aesthetic, I'd probably do a full removal, run an inpainting algorithm to replace the removed region with something less jarring in context and then blur the result. The inpainting algorithm can be fairly low quality and still get acceptable results since it won't be seen directly.
theindianappguy 5y ago
okay i will add others ways to do it then

logifail 5y ago

> i will love your all input on how we can make it better You have some typos on your page, I found two within the first ten seconds of [skim-]reading. Find them and fix them! :)

theindianappguy 5y ago
sure will, english is not my first language

martinald 5y ago

Looks cool. I'd recommend getting a professional voice over artist do the video audio you have though. It makes a huge difference and isn't expensive at all on upwork etc.

chrisseaton 5y ago
Voice over sounds great to me as it is! Very clear, engaging, good audio quality.
- theindianappguy 5y ago
  thanks
theindianappguy 5y ago
i just feel doing it myself feels more authentic there are many company who just do that and it does not feel authentic