LOCAL ONLYFACES

Blur faces in photos — on your device, not on a server.

Uploading a photo of someone's face to a stranger's server in order to protect their privacy is a contradiction. RedactCam runs face detection inside your browser and pixelates faces at full resolution, with you reviewing every box before export.

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How it works
01 · DROP

One photo or fifty

Two face detectors run together — one tuned for close-ups, one for group scenes — and their results are merged.

02 · REVIEW

You decide who stays visible

Toggle any box off (say, your own face), resize boxes, or drag to add someone the detector missed.

03 · EXPORT

Full resolution, metadata-free

Faces are pixelated into the pixels themselves, and the re-encoded file carries no EXIF, GPS, or camera serial.

Where this matters

School events and kids' sports photos. Protest and street photography. Real-estate shots with neighbors in frame. Marketplace listings. Content for social media where bystanders never agreed to be posted. In each case the person in the frame has a face, and you have an obligation — sometimes legal (GDPR), always ethical — not to broadcast it.

Detection tuned for caution

RedactCam is deliberately tuned to over-detect rather than miss: a false box costs you one click to remove, while a missed face published online can't be unpublished. For crowd scenes, review at zoom (mouse wheel) and use a quick drag for anyone the detector didn't catch.

FAQ
Does it handle group photos and small faces?

Yes — two detectors run together, one specialized for scenes with many small faces. For very distant crowds, zoom in to review and add any stragglers by dragging.

What about profile views or partially hidden faces?

Detection is strongest on frontal and near-frontal faces. Profiles and occluded faces are detected less reliably, which is why the review step exists — anything missed is one drag away.

Do you keep my photos?

We never receive them. Processing happens in your browser's memory; there is no server, no upload, and no account. The app works in airplane mode.

Can I blur faces in video too?

Yes — faces are detected and tracked across frames, pixelated, and the clip is re-encoded in your browser with audio preserved.

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