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What I love about this method is that it so closely matches what actual US govt censors do with documents pending release: take a copy, black it out with solid
by Arubis 2y ago
What I love about this method is that it so closely matches what actual US govt censors do with documents pending release: take a copy, black it out with solid black ink, then _take a photocopy of that_ and use the photocopy for distribution.
- devmor 2y agoThis is similar to how I censor images on a cellphone. I use an editor to cover what I want to censor with a black spot, then take a screenshot of that edited image and delete the original.
- kccqzy 2y agoMake sure your editor uses real pure black to cover the region. Chances are, if you use a general image editing app and if you deal with concepts like "brushes" you are not using pure black; it's mostly likely black with varying alpha channel.
- devmor 2y agoYes, very important! I personally use a black box sticker.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoNews publications are also encouraged to do the same or even re-type the raw document. There was a story about how they shared raw scans of the leaked documents such that the yellow printer id dots were visible. That might have been for C. Manning?