Never use a pixelate/blur filter these days. If you want to hide something in a screenshot, use a black box.
It's easier than ever to de-censor videos
Submitted 2 months ago by elonmuskszahnbuerste@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/its-easier-ever-de-censor-videos
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simple@lemm.ee 2 months ago
nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Or a white box. Or a purple-and-pink gradient box. It was always the most reliable method anyway, since it ensures that there’s no real information within the bounds of the box to be recovered. As far as I can see, the only reason for the popularity of the filters is that they look a bit less jarring.
Takumidesh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or they are used because of the ability to be bypassed, e.g. japanese porn censorship
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And if you don’t know which image types support layers and which don’t, screenshot it again for good measure.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
This is not about still images, its specifically about video where you use a fixed pixelation grid on a moving object. Using that level of pixelation works perfectly fine on a screenshot. But yes, better just black it out anyways.
FreeBird@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
[deleted]datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The Japanese pixels are forbidden
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Those are censored? Though they were just built kind of blocky down there.
darkkite@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
that also exists too
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
All pixel games : 😰
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
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