Re:Show HN: Free PDF redactor that runs client-side
by gisanokharu on Sunday April 19, 2026 @11:13PM
(#47830005)
curious whether metadata survives the PNG roundtrip. things like original creation dates, software used, or embedded thumbnails can still leak info even in rasterized PDFs. might be worth adding a strip step if you isnt already doing it
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Re:Show HN: Free PDF redactor that runs client-side
by MrGuacamole on Sunday April 19, 2026 @11:45PM
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Good point, just pushed a fix. Title, author, subject, keywords, producer, creator, creation date, and modification date are now explicitly stripped from the output file metadata.
It seemed that these were already removed when the PDF was rasterized, but now they're explicitly being removed.