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Speaker Johnson Explains Holdup In Releasing Jan 6 Tapes: ‘We Have To Blur Some Of The Faces’ To Protect Them From The DOJ (www.mediaite.com)

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Yes. You read that right. Johnson is saying that he is intentionally hiding insurrectionists from prosecution in the release of tapes that Republicans claim will vindicate them on January 6th.

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[-] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

DOJ already has the unblurred tapes. They are blurring faces to hide the Feds.

[-] pineapple_pizza@lemmy.dexlit.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Wait, so this is actually a good thing? they're just making it sound bad to appease their base?

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[-] Cexcells@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Almost positive the government has the tech to see through blurred faces. The alphabet boys will track down everyone they need to regardless.

[-] Pantoffel@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That would depend in the degree of blur. If it is the average blur you'd have in japanese pornography, then no, that tech does not exist. Super resolution is good, but not that good.

And no, I have not tried.

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[-] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

If they did, it'd be the same as the "enhance" tech from the tv shows.

Blurring causes information loss, the blurrier it is, the more information is lost.

After a certain point, so much is lost that nothing's gonna help you get it back.

[-] homura1650@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It depends on how the blur is done. A lot of the simple blurring teqniques have publicly available tools for reversing. If you need to hide information by blurring, make sure the blur you are using was designed with that in mind (as opposed to being an artsy feature)

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[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Taxpayer funded obstruction of justice and whitewashing

[-] firewyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The party of doxxing courtroom staff so that OJ's supporters can murder them wants to protect the identities of insurrectionists.

[-] ElleChaise@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Drain the swamp! Lock 'em up!

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Sure, sounds legit.

[-] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

That's called evidence tampering!

[-] Froyn@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Nah, the originals are already in the hands of the DOJ, after the CIA, NSA, FBI, and Secret Service got their copies.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

They probably saw it live

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