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Re:These 299 macOS apps are so buggy, Apple had to fix them in AppKit ...
on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:51PM (#34034884)
I’m kinda confused.
1. Some apps are open source, why not just send a PR?
2. Most apps are actively developed, why not just send a report?
I’d understand this 20 years ago when updates weren’t frequent, or if software was rarely updated. But patching Firefox in your OS feels completely unnecessary.
Re:Show HN: A self-updating list of the most current useragents
on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:45PM (#34034852)
That’s weird. Didn’t Chrome plan to freeze that already years ago? Did they walk back?
Re:Unredacter: Never ever use pixelation as a redaction technique
on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:17PM (#34034739)
This is it.
Let’s say you’re covering a red pixel with a black pixel. There’s no way that red pixel will in any way “survive JPEG compression” because the compression happens on the raw pixel data; the raw pixel data no longer has a red pixel.
Re:Unredacter: Never ever use pixelation as a redaction technique
on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:14PM (#34034735)
I don’t think what you’re saying makes sense. If you covered all information, no information is left. The blocks are irrelevant since 100% of the information is gone. There’s no “history leak” in JPEG, which is basically what’s being asked.
The only issue I see is meta tags and embedded thumbnails, which some cameras do. Stripping EXIF is always required.