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Don’t Blur Those Adsense Checks - It’s Hazardous To Your Health!
If you’re pulling in big Adsense checks like Shoemoney and showing them off, you could be exposing private bank account information! That is, if you are blurring out your personal information.
In a simple 4 step process, computer hackers with nothing better to do could re-create the check image with their mathematical formulas and determine what you’re hiding. It’s like they’re traveling back in time to see what the check said before it was blurred! (OK, so it’s nowhere near as cool as time travel, but if these people could travel through time they wouldn’t need to do little stunts like these…)
Put simply, some people might actually spend hours “unblurring” blurred images. I guess it’s a safer version of spelunking (aka cave exploration) and the true numbers are their version of buried treasure. If it wasn’t for fun activities like watching paint dry or watching the grass grow, I’d probably take up this “unblurring” sport myself.
Just think of all the blurred Adsense screenshots you could look at!
Now down to business… what can you do to protect yourself?
If you’re actually worried, you might want to “cut” the data out of your screenshots and images. For example, you could “layer via cut” in Photoshop then fill the empty area with the color bucket. Maybe even put “F&#! you” under the blur in case anyone tries to figure out your home address.
Of course, these counter-measures require time that could be better spent watching paint dry! 
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wow, pretty scary and good post…lol to traveling back in time but it kinda is…Think twice before you post anything on the net! I think they recently caught some predator who sent a vid to a kid saying he was going to rape/murder him and blurred his face…I believe they unblurred his face to find out who he was and arrested him..not positive though.
Good today. I just wish I had some Adsense checks worth scanning
@Matt
Haha I bet that did happen! These predators should be watching CSI, then they might think twice…
@Stephan
Yeah, ain’t that the truth!
Sounds really crazy if hackers can do that.
So I guess you shouldn’t blur out your girlfriends face either when you are posting her “revealing” pictures to some evaluation site.
Hmmmmmm
LOL. Well as long as your girlfriend doesn’t know how to unblur the pics
Thanks for sharing this. I am sure there are crooks out there with nothing better to do than try to rip us off. Luckily, I have never had the inkling to share a shot of a check.