Anonymous Camera: latest software conceals faces in protests
An application launched on the App Store that automatically hides faces captured in photos and videos using machine learning techniques, even if they are crowd records. Named Anonymous Camera, according to its description article, the novelty performs the operation directly on the computer on which it is installed and does not store any information in the cloud. It's only available for iOS for now.
Several "masks" may be used if the purpose is to protect other people's privacy, such as yellow circles, noise, or blurs. In the case of more advanced devices, hiding whole bodies from the iPhone XS is an option as well.
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Among the features of Anonymous Camera, the ability to delete metadata from the files is highlighted, making it more difficult to recognize information such as location, date and time of capture by reverse engineering third parties.
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The free edition contains a watermark in the documents, which can be deleted when the Pro version is purchased for US$ 1.99 . Users also determine in this version whether they only want to make a part of the photo or video anonymous, or whether they want to camouflage everything.
This is the ideal tool for journalists, whistleblowers, researchers and activists who want to register confidential information, protect themselves and their sources, according to Playground. AI, the application developer. The company also points out that this is a solution to preserve the privacy right.
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