Pixellating or Blurring Text Creates Identifiable Patterns

Kashmir Hill (via Nick Heer): If you’ve ever pixelated an email address or blurred a phone number before putting an image onto the internet in order to protect someone’s privacy, I’ve got bad news for you: Researchers at the University of California-San Diego have found that the popular Photoshop redaction techniques are decodable such that … Continue reading Pixellating or Blurring Text Creates Identifiable Patterns