New tool can uncover redacted, pixelated text to reveal sensitive data

• libmelee

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  Open Python 3 API for making your own Smash Bros: Melee AI that works with Slippi Online

• pdf-redact-tools

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  Discontinued a set of tools to help with securely redacting and stripping metadata from documents before publishing

  

> Most pdf editors will put a square over the text

Redaction is usually a "Pro" feature in commercial PDF editors. People who use PDF's annotation feature to draw a big filled box over the text/image to be redacted, don't know what they're doing and should be prepared for poor outcomes.

Adobe Acrobat and Foxit have "Pro" variants that redact properly, I'd love to know exactly how they do it. The open-source approach I'm familiar with, essentially converts the PDF to a flattened image and edits it to apply a colored shape over it. Example[1].

[1] https://github.com/firstlookmedia/pdf-redact-tools/blob/mast...

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