Anonymizing Video Recordings for a Safer Tomorrow

Inspiration

“Facial Recognition used to hunt hijab rebels in Iran.”

-Thomas Reuters Foundation

“Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law ” - Context

What is SafeBlurr?

• App that allows you to record and anonymize videos
• Very simple UI that allows anyone to add custom transcripts, blur faces, and distort voices

“UM students hold 'die in' on campus to protest the war in Gaza.” - Detroit News

Use Case: Protests

Use Case: Interviews

Who’s Our Audience?

• Independent Journalists who want to increase their production value
• Activists and Protesters who want to record rallies while protecting other’s identities
• Public Servants to responsibly and ethically handle mass surveillance data

Various protests upholding Michigan’s long standing values of political activism

Our Tech Stack

Demo

Features

Advanced AI Anonymization using computer vision powers SafeBlurr’s face detection and automatic filter application

AI Speech-to-Text Subtitle Generation for accessible transcribility and independent journalism production value

Custom Encoding scrubs personal-identifying metadata in video files to further provide privacy

User-Friendly Mobile Interface allows users to easily take videos and process them like a social media app.

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