Email
Password
Remember meForgot password?
Log in with Facebook
Connect your Digital Journal account with Facebook to use this feature.
Log In Sign Up   Connect
CONTRIBUTE
Trending:     Greece debt crisis     Adele     Pew research center     Valentine's day     sex position     Television     sexual assault church     Prescription drugs
Listen   Print  
In the Media

article imageWhy blurring sensitive information is a bad idea

article:87021:4::0
Patrix
By Patrix
Jan 7, 2007 in Technology
By Patrix.
You may sometimes blur out images of your private information such as bank account number or social security in order to share pictures. But now even that can be hacked.
For the most part this is all fine with peoples' faces as there isn't a convenient way to reverse the blur back into a photo so detailed that you can recognise the photo. So that's good if that is what you intended. However, many people also resort to blurring sensitive numbers and text. And this is a bad idea
article:87021:4::0
More about Blur, Identity, Protection
 
Top News
topnews-right-170780 topnews-right-170776 topnews-right-170788 topnews-right-170750 topnews-right-170786 topnews-right-170770 topnews-right-170783 topnews-right-170775
Social
Engage

Corporate

Help & Support

News Links
copyright © 1998-2012 digitaljournal.com   |   powered by dell servers
Show toolbar