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Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots by davchana on Sunday December 06, 2020 @05:53PM (#25327443)
Yes, in pdf, add bars, & then print it again as pdf, but as image.
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Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots by jbverschoor on Sunday December 06, 2020 @06:37PM (#25327750)
Even black bars all leak the face that there’s something hidden
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Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots by davchana on Sunday December 06, 2020 @07:21PM (#25328007)
Do you mean the typeface/font? If it is just a word we are hiding in a sentence/paragraph; it would be like fill in a blank task for reader; much more chance to guess from context. There, the leaking length will not matter.
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Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots by davchana on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:37AM (#25329616)
Oh sorry, my bad, you mean fact, not face. Yes, I agree.
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Re:A tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots by jbverschoor on Monday December 07, 2020 @03:36AM (#25330382)
ah. yeah fact :-)
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