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Randahl Fink
@randahl@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

How can they redact Trump's name from The Epstein Files, when everyone knows the name they could be redacting?

Their software only places a black box on top of an unaltered text, and the name Donald Trump has a very specific length in each font. It is not just 12 letters long — it has a length which is a result of the letters D o n a l d T r u m p.

So if they are placing a black box of this length over the text again and again, how is that supposed to protect him?

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bellule
@bellule@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 minutes ago

@randahl
To reveal the entire redacted text, there is no need to count letters and spaces, which is tedious and imprecise. Simply apply a script that removes the black highlighting, and everything is revealed page by page (follow this link ⤵️). Of course, the question of blacked-out photos remains.

https://github.com/leedrake5/unredact?tab=readme-ov-file

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GitHub - leedrake5/unredact: A simple tool for reading in poorly redacted documents and reproducing their origional form

A simple tool for reading in poorly redacted documents and reproducing their origional form - leedrake5/unredact
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Darkpaw
@darkpaw@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@randahl It's amazing how many people are willing to watch their careers go down the toilet for Donald Trump, a convicted felon who breaks the law every day. A man who does nothing but whine about how badly others treat him while he treats everyone like utter crap. A man who can't blend his bright orange make-up properly.

This is the man they're willing to end their careers for?

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Bill
@w_b@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

@randahl

He does not deserve protection

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Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder
@Edelruth@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

@randahl

Hush you now! Too soon. Wait 'til we have them in hand. 🤓

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Houston Doh'g
@petabites@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

@randahl

when they later redact Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, I almost hope #strikeThrough is used (preserve the damage done ... and serve as a reminder)

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Jimmy
@jhavok@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

@randahl I heard a report that cutting and pasting the files would restore redacted portions. Haven't had a chance to try yet.

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lupus_blackfur
@lupus_blackfur@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

@randahl

Valid point... But...

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

As if intelligence or rational thought was remotely involved in ANY-FUCKING-THING attempted by MAGAts...

🤣😂🤣😂

Reasonability/rationality/reality just don't enter into it.

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡🤡🫏🫏🖕🖕💩💩

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