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Re:Unredacter: Never ever use pixelation as a redaction tech... by AdmiralAsshat on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:20PM (#34034747)
That's assuming you knew what the font type and font size was, though.
Re:Unredacter: Never ever use pixelation as a redaction tech... by xwdv on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:33PM (#34034801)
That’s trivial to get. Once we know the pixel word length and do some frequency analysis for estimates, along with an analysis of subtle compression artifacts that typically form in the white space surrounding various characters or combinations of characters, it’s game over for you, we will find the redacted content with reasonable certainty.
Re:Unredacter: Never ever use pixelation as a redaction tech... by Akronymus on Sunday December 18, 2022 @03:41AM (#34036010)
Which is why you should not redact individual words. But rather as large a block as possible.