pixelated

 pixelated  is in the context of the IndieWeb a reference to the use of pixelated images for a variety or reasons like privacy, and a way to blur potentially arbitrary images received from external sources.

Use cases

 * pixelate external avatars to avoid the display of "unpleasant" images
 * used pixelated avatars in the past for privacy reasons

How to

 * in PHP using the GD library: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8987329