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Re:Blur Tools for Signal by lelandbatey on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:01PM (#23422993)
I think this feature may not do as good a job of blurring faces as people expect in some cases, especially if the faces is large in the frame. I tested it and got results that were noticeably less obfuscated than the image advertised on the announcement page by Signal:

http://lelandbatey.com/projects/signal_blur_comparison/

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Re:Blur Tools for Signal by move-on-by on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:45PM (#23424890)
I too tested this out immediately and noticed the surprisingly minimal blur. However, I’ve gotten another update since then and it appears to be extremely blurry now. Actually, when I first did it after the update, I thought it was just a solid color. After blurring the majority of the photo I could tell it wasn’t a solid, just extremely blurry.
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