It's easier than ever to de-censor videos

When I asked people to complete my YouTube video challenge, they quickly succeeded. It's scary how fast someone can de-pixelate or de-censor video footage—provided it has enough data within it for a neural network to process! Here's a link to my original video (challenge at the 4:57 mark): https://youtu.be/gaV-O6NPWrI?t=297 And here's a link to the reverse-engineering code attempts by KoKuToru: https://github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI And a quick note to the third person who had sent me an email with the successful de-pixelation on the 22nd or 23rd, I seem to have misplaced it, please forward it to me again, I don't think I ever responded, oops! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JeffGeerling 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering Contents: 00:00 - The challenge 00:51 - KoKuToru's method 01:54 - Easier than ever 02:21 - How can you prevent it?