TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

YOUTUBER CHALLENGES VIEWERS TO DE-PIXELATE A VIDEO: CRACKED IN HOURS

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A YouTuber challenged viewers to de-pixelate a video for $50, aiming to hide private folders. The video was quickly cracked, showing the weakness of blurring for privacy. Two developers successfully revealed hidden text behind the mosaic by analyzing moving pixelation patterns. One developer has shared their method on GitHub.