I wonder why they didn't just downscale the resolution and let the video player handle blurring during upscaling.

Also, if it's a regular blur, it's possible to restore quite a bit of detail using deconvolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution).

There's quite a difference between face detection ("Hey, it's a human") and face recognition ("Hey, it's Peter G. of Quahog, Rhose Island").
Blurring faces only requires face detection.

You could encrypt all the data in the database, but that would only protect you from somebody able to access the database but not any of the decryption code (somewhat unlikely).

Assuming full access to the database and code, is there any way to protect against being able to link identification with the rest of the personal information.

I can only come up with the obvious client-side encryption, but will the network as a whole still be able to use the data as it's supposed to (in this case; find adult friends)?

I guess ROT2^513+8 encryption is too strong for the Aussies to crack?

Holy shit!
https://www.google.nl/search?q...

Just look at what happened when MySpace got out of fashion.
Some other site(s) takes over and the world just keeps on spinning like nothing happened, because nothing did.

Any developer worth his salt has neatly modularized the social media code, fully expecting their own code to outlast atleast some of the currently popular social media sites.

The thing is; not everybody is experienced.
All of us, including you, has had to download it for the first time in their live at some point.
If I tell a new collegue to install Putty, there's a chance he'll download the wrong version because he won't trust the site he sees. Unless I tell him the correct site, but having to do so pretty much proves the point.

Like the still (supposedly) supported Windows 7 and even Vista?
Windows 8 is good for tablets but it isn't a serious desktop OS; the most recent desktop version of Windows is 7.

A checksum does you no good if you're on the wrong download page.
I'm pretty sure the checksum published by the hackers will match the hacked download file.

In this particular situation; because at first glance the main download page, site and URL doesn't look "official" at all.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org...
It would be pretty easy to confuse a slightly more modern looking page for the "main download page".

Well obviously! You certainly don't need to learn music any more: http://research.microsoft.com/...
Just listen to some of these creative, inspired and varied songs: http://research.microsoft.com/...

You assume Microsoft thinks short attention span is a bad.

Let's see if I get this straight;
They find some (minor) ADA violation, sue the company and offer a cheaper settlement.
Now the company no longer has to fix the ADA violation and can't get sued for it again?
Just trying to figure out exactly how many parties are getting screwed by these "lawyers".

This. Simpsons went downhill for quite a while, but it's improved a lot the last 2 years or so.

It's not just the implied associations; popular music lyrics are usually about the life of 20-somethings.
I'm now 38 and still enjoy ~1/5th of regular new pop music, but the rest just seems to be talking about things I simply don't care about any more.
I'm also less likely to follow pop fads. Looking back, I no longer enjoy the pop fads of my own youth either.

It's the same with movies. Who over 30 would watch a Twilight movie? Who would have probably watched it back when they were 20?