Maskerade

by Team Breaking Byte
AI-powered privacy filter for faces & sensitive information

Overview

In the era of digital sharing, privacy often takes a back seat. Maskerade is a simple yet powerful tool that automatically detects and masks faces and sensitive text (IDs, names, or confidential details) in images.

Features

• Automatic face and sensitive text redaction
• Pick and choose which data to "mask"

Tech Stack

• Backend: Python 3.13.7, Flask, Flask-Session
• Image Processing: OpenCV, face_recognition, easyocr, numpy
• PII Detection: presidio-analyzer
• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript

Requirements

• Python 3.13.7
• pip (Python package manager)
• The following Python packages (installed automatically via requirements.txt):
  • Flask
  • Flask-Session
  • opencv-python
  • numpy
  • easyocr
  • face_recognition
  • presidio-analyzer
• A modern web browser (eg. Chrome, Firefox)

Setup

1. Clone this repo
2. Setup a virtual environment. Example: run python -m venv venv
3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Run python main.py or python main_debug.py for development

Contributors

• Luke A. (@lukeai-tan)
• Shiroy (@SSHiroy)
• Hongxun (@BestBearrr)