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It's easier than ever to de-censor videos (www.jeffgeerling.com)
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[โ€“] nyan@lemmy.cafe 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or a white box. Or a purple-and-pink gradient box. It was always the most reliable method anyway, since it ensures that there's no real information within the bounds of the box to be recovered. As far as I can see, the only reason for the popularity of the filters is that they look a bit less jarring.

[โ€“] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Or they are used because of the ability to be bypassed, e.g. japanese porn censorship