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Seems like if you truly care about hiding the redacted information, the only choice is to manually retype the document with the redacted text replaces with some
by mikeash 9y ago
Seems like if you truly care about hiding the redacted information, the only choice is to manually retype the document with the redacted text replaces with something that has no information content, like the literal text “REDACTED.”
Why don’t they do this?
- skygazer 9y agoProbably to maintain the sense of boundedness of the withheld. How big is the secret they're hiding? Is it of unlimited or limited length? Your technique would obscure the sense of scale.
- mikeash 9y agoYou could add multiple instances of “REDACTED” to show approximately how much stuff is missing I’d thats important.