SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 — On Wednesday, the encrypted messaging platform Signal announced that, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the latest version of the smartphone application comes with a face-blurring tool. As Signal aptly summarised: “2020 is a pretty good year to cover your...
Friday, 05 Jun 2020 07:57 AM MYT
Signal has introduced a new tool for their application that blurs faces in images. — Picture courtesy of Signal SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 — On Wednesday, the encrypted messaging platform Signal announced that, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the latest version of the smartphone application comes with a face-blurring tool.
As Signal aptly summarised: “2020 is a pretty good year to cover your face,” and that’s true whether you’re participating in the Black Lives Matter protests or simply protecting yourself from the Covid-19 outbreak. For those in the former category, the hyper-secure, end-to-end encryption private messaging service integrated a new Blur Tools for Signal: A new way we hope to make Signal more helpful for everyone on the street right now.
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