Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text
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Summary
Dan Petro demonstrates why pixelation is insecure for redacting text, releasing Unredacter, a tool that reconstructs pixelated text, and warning that solid black bars are the only safe option.
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--- id: 4029 title: "Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text" source_domain: bishopfox.com source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/unredacter-tool-never-pixelation" published_at: "2022-02-15T00:00:00Z" tags: ["image-processing", "security-research", "data-leakage", "unredacter", "redaction", "pixelation"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4029" lang: en --- # Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text ## Summary Dan Petro demonstrates why pixelation is insecure for redacting text, releasing Unredacter, a tool that reconstructs pixelated text, and warning that solid black bars are the only safe option. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** bishopfox.com - **Published:** 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z - **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/unredacter-tool-never-pixelation - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4029