Forum Discussion
Blurring text for privacy
I'm building courses for the staff at a college and it is sometimes necessary to display personal information on students in screenshots. Is there a way to blur this information to keep it private? I can do it in my photo editing software before importing the picture but was wondering if there is a way to do it after bringing the picture into Storyline 360.
This would be a great feature!
We are working a lot with program simulations using screen recording tool, it would be very helpful if it can mask/blur data for privacy. I will add this to feature request.
Hi, I see this thread was opened 4 years ago - is there any news on a blur tool being added?
Hello Hannah, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊
We do not have an update on this feature, but it is one that we are continuing to track. This conversation is linked so that we can provide any updates with you here in the future.
I wanted to share some information about how we manage these feature requests, which may be helpful.
This is really a needed feature for my organization and something my whole team encounters regularly. I still have not found a good solution for blurring in my company that works daily with medical PHI.
Do check the later ELH challenge on blurred background. I added a Dynamic blur working for all elements including video.
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/c7b033a4-b06d-42e4-9c2e-ca9d078f04ec/reviewHi, Mehdi.
You can take a look at our feature roadmap here, which will show what's currently in planning or development.
Let me know if you have additional questions!
BLUR FEATURE PLEASE!
Hi Community,
Any updates on blurring info that moves while scrolling in a video?
Thanks,
Corina
Hi Corina!
We do not have an update on this feature, but it is one that we are continuing to track! This conversation is linked so that we can provide any updates here in the future. I've also included your voice in the feature request!
I wanted to share some information about how we manage feature requests, which may be helpful.
Thanks for reaching out!
"The bottom line is that when you need to redact text, use black bars covering the whole text. Never use anything else. No pixelization, no blurring, no fuzzing, no swirling...the last thing you need after making a great technical document is to accidentally leak sensitive information because of an insecure redaction technique." -- Dan Petro, Lead Researcher at offensive security firm Bishop Fox.
When redacting text, it should be edited as an image, rather than being obscured using simple HTML/CSS styling. For example, text masked using the same background color as that of the text body itself can be trivially revealed when
highlighted.Researcher "Reverses" Redaction, Extracts Words From Pixelated Image
"The reason why Google and Apple don’t offer a simple blur or pixelate tool might be rooted in the inherent insecurity that these methods bring with them. While it’s not entirely trivial, it’s easy enough to revert pixelated and blurred images to their former state, especially when you try to use these tools to make text unrecognizable. Rather than offer an option that’s proven to be insecure, the two companies might opt to not offer anything at all."
