What I've found to be a good rule of thumb is this: If I [[link]] wouldn't want my kid sister to see it, then I probably shouldn't put it on the internet. For you, that someone may be a parent or guardian, but after hearing my own mother thoughtfully critique the writing of the Yakuza 0 side story 'How to train your dominatrix,' I suspect she'd be surprisingly chill. My kid sister, however, would never let me hear the end [[link]] of it—and perhaps I'd deserve it too if I thought a mere pixelate filter could conceal my many folders of filthy fanfic.
Jokes aside, it turns out that it's surprisingly easy to 'de-censor' videos these days. Maker Jeff Geerling—of —threw down the gauntlet in a recent video, challenging viewers to reveal the contents [[link]] of a network share hidden using a pixelating filter, and promising a reward of $50 in return. Well, his viewers delivered—.
So, if the pixelate filter is out, what options are left? For one, Geerling posits that a traditional blur filter may not actually be any safer, electing himself to block out sensitive data in future videos with a completely solid colour layer mask to give neural networks as little image detail to work with as possible.
It's a very redacted-documents-found-throughout-the-oldest-house vibe, but it may genuinely be safest. Failing that, I'm wondering whether emojis might also be viable—though I've no doubt that would've made for a very different game take on .