[Ssc-dev] Scalado Remove

[Derek Halliday]

As if they heard all the whispers of vaporware, here's a hands-on video
from the Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/15/2800584/scalado-remove-tech-android-hands-on-pictures-video

On 2/15/12 11:22 AM, Sam Gregory wrote:
> Also interesting to note that they are going the device manufacturer,
> rather than app route - might be interesting to look at in terms of
> thinking about our reference design advocacy.
> 
> S
> 
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner
> <hans at guardianproject.info <mailto:hans at guardianproject.info>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     If we can get our hands on the tracking aspect of it, then it would help
>     a lot to automate the blurring of faces in video.  I believe there are
>     some free software packages that do that kind of thing, or perhaps even
>     opencv.  But my guess is setting up for the phone is a project in
>     irself.
> 
>     .hc
> 
>     On 02/15/2012 02:15 PM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
>     > The thing is, we cannot hide the fact we are obfuscating or
>     redacting as
>     > it causes misinformation. This is an awesome app but I think it
>     opens a
>     > big can of worms.
>     >
>     > Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at guardianproject.info
>     <mailto:hans at guardianproject.info>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     So powerful looking, it looks like it was done in the
>     post-production ;)
>     >      They're setting a pretty high bar to meet, I'll look forward
>     to hearing
>     >     that it actually works that well.
>     >
>     >     .hc
>     >
>     >     On 02/15/2012 01:19 PM, Derek Halliday wrote:
>     >     > To be introduced at MWC this year. Check out the demo, it's
>     pretty
>     >     > powerful looking. We'll soon see how much of it is vaporware.
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/14/2797088/scalado-remove-camera-phone-technology
>     >     >
>     >     > -Derek
>     >     >
>     >    
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