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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