Anonymous Camera app allows recording anonymized videos in real time on iPhone. Here is how to use it.
Keeping a video track of an event without having to manually process the file generated for the faces of the protagonists is now possible. Anonymous Camera, an application using machine learning, is able to blur the faces of people in the image in real time.
The fully automated process is carried out locally on the device and even allows the anonymization of the video to go so far as to distort the voice and remove the metadata. A godsend to allow anyone without special knowledge of video editing to share content online without violating the image rights of the people filmed.
1. Download Anonymous Camera
Start by downloading Anonymous Camera. The application, currently only available on the App Store, is offered free of charge. However, it adds a watermark that will be possible to remove with an in-app purchase.
- Download Anonymous Camera for iPhone (Free)
2. Choose a filter
Launch the app on your iPhone. Anonymous Camera should, in principle, automatically detect the face appearing on the screen and apply a colored dot to it to hide it.
You can customize the color of this patch by deploying the lower flap upwards to access additional options, or opt for classic blurring by pressing the dedicated button.
In addition, it is possible to apply a blurring only on the face (Head) of the filmed person, or on the whole of his body (Body). If you opt for a “solid” patch, you can change the color.
Finally, if the people filmed can be recognized by their voice, activate the Audio Distort option to modify the sound.
3. Remove the metadata
Anonymous Camera doesn’t just cover up faces or obscure voices by modifying them. The application is indeed capable of recording photos and videos without any metadata being kept.
To do this, you will need to press the icons representing a world map and a calendar, grafted at the top of the interface. Once these icons are crossed out, no more location or time stamp data will be associated with the photos and videos you capture.
Note that these options are also found at the bottom of the deployed options pane.
4. Record photos and videos
When you are ready to capture images, the briefly touched shutter release button will only allow you to take pictures. To record a video, you will need to keep your finger pressed on the shutter button. As soon as the finger is released, the video recording stops.
To record without having to hold down the shutter button, press and drag the shutter button onto the padlock icon. The app will record the video without interruption, until you press the Stop button.