Blurring Images Not So Secure 166
An anonymous reader writes "Dheera Venkatraman explains in a webpage how an attacker might be able to extract personal information such as check or credit card numbers, from images blurred with a mosaic effect, potentially exposing the data behind hundreds of images of blurred checks found online, and provides a ficticious example.
While much needs to be developed to apply such an algorithm to real photographic images, he offers a simple, yet obvious solution: cover up the sensitive information, don't blur it."
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and please... (Score:5, Funny)
And please, when you cover the information with black bars, use Adobe Acrobat. (this solution brought to you by the CIA)
Sqinting Works (Score:5, Funny)
old news - I see this on TV every day. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:old news - I see this on TV every day. (Score:5, Funny)
how about a big DUH..... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:old news - I see this on TV every day. (Score:3, Funny)
Whichis why it uses the authentic photpenhance sound effect as the image appears in rows, like dot matrix printer. Us imaging professionals see that every day.
The weird thing is that they must have a whole staff of highly qualified computer geeks who do their effects who could tell them this was bullshit.
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You're new here, aren't you? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:how about a big DUH..... (Score:3, Funny)
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Only if the number of possible cunts is fixed and known.
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Speaking of Slashdot memes, do GNAA trolls still show up? I haven't browsed below +4 in a year, so I'm not entirely sure.