I've heard that just visually blocking them isnt enough or something.

There's probably a whole world of metadata silently attached that gets passed over often

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[โ€“] 3 points 19 hours ago

Redacting by removing the text in place and putting black blocks isn't always enough either. Variable size fonts (as opposed to monospaced font) will leave gaps that can be potentially guessed by probabilities so that is something to take under consideration. You'll want to randomize the text to remove before you remove it and black it out.

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