What I've found to be a good rule of thumb is this: If I 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 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 hot dog speaker fame—threw down the gauntlet in a recent video, challenging viewers to reveal the contents of a network share hidden using a pixelating filter, and promising a reward of $50 in return. Well, his viewers delivered—in three slightly different but no less terrifying ways.
