It's easier than ever to de-censor videos

Yeah, that is pretty wild.

I recall a co-worker doing something related(?) for a kind of fun tech demo some ten years or so ago. If I recall it was shooting video while passing a slightly ajar office door. His code reconstructed the full image of the office from the "traveling slit".

I think about that all the time when I find myself in a public bathroom stall.... :-/

Line scan cameras operate on this principle, and are still used in various ways to this days. I'm especially partial to the surreal photos generated by them at the end of cycling races

https://finishlynx.com/photo-finish-trentin-sagan-tour-de-fr...