Gallery: It's Far Too Hard to Anonymize Video–We Have to Do Better
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YouTube's new blurring tool.
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YouTube's new blurring tool.
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YouTube's new blurring tool.
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YouTube's new blurring tool.
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ObscuraCam.
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ObscuraCam in action.
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ObscuraCam in action.
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