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Obfuscation with blur is trivial to reverse these days. Always block out leaving no pixels with which to reconstruct. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4679
by tekchip 4y ago
Obfuscation with blur is trivial to reverse these days. Always block out leaving no pixels with which to reconstruct.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4679801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4679801
https://github.com/bishopfox/unredacter https://github.com/bishopfox/unredacter
- enlyth 4y agoThe OP's extension doesn't seem to blur things, but actually transform them into solid lines which would be impossible to reverse, the only information that is left is the relative length of the words.
- Vinnl 4y agoTechnically it also blurs images that have an alt text, for good measure, but the main feature is indeed the text transformation. But yeah, primary use case is e.g. sharing with colleagues, not protecting against nation-state actors.