I redacted my username from a screen recording three times and missed it every time
Originally published on my own site . I make a desktop AI agent. I recorded a demo of it writing files, and the approval dialog showed /Users/<my-username>/Downloads/… in plain text. Blurring it out should have been a five-minute job. I checked the result by eye three times and missed a leak every time. The fix that finally worked was scanning the finished video with a machine. The conclusion…
One reporter recorded a demo of their desktop AI agent writing files, but accidentally left their username visible in the recorded video. The reporter attempted to redact the username three times by visually blurring it out, but missed it each time. The final solution was to scan the finished video with a machine, which found the redaction error.
The reporter learned that verifying a redaction by looking at the video is unreliable, and the process requires a machine scan as part of the pipeline. The source material provides a detailed explanation of the steps taken to redact the username and how to perform a thorough scan to ensure the redaction is successful.
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