Security News > 2020 > June > Signal Adds Face Blurring Tool to Protect User Privacy
Privacy-focused communications application Signal this week announced a new feature meant to enhance user privacy amid social turmoil in the United States: a blur tool.
Available in the image editor, the functionality is meant to help protect the privacy of the people in the photos shared over Signal.
"Now it's easy to give every face a hiding place, or draw a fuzzy trace over something you want to erase. Simply tap on the new blur tool icon to get started," the company notes.
Because these libraries can't detect every face 100% of the time, Signal also provides an option for users to draw with the blur brush, thus manually obscuring additional faces or areas in a photo.
Outside of the application, Signal is looking to start distributing versatile face coverings, free of charge, and has been working to find a manufacturer to produce these in high volume.