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It's easier than ever to de-censor videos
Last month I asked people to hack part of my YouTube video, specifically to de-pixelate the contents of a folder I had pixelated starting at the 4:57 mark. For years, people have used the censor tool to blur or pixelate out parts of videos where there's sensitive information.
Last month I asked people to hack part of my YouTube video, specifically to de-pixelate the contents of a folder I had pixelated starting at the 4:57 mark. For the second attempt, GIMP was used to get a better window selection algorithm with ffmpeg, and with a slight bit more data (more frames extracted), a perfectly legible result: But today, between AI assistance with the trickier bits of coding, and how fast neural networks run on computers, it's easier and faster than ever to de-pixelate video!
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