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title="UNCONFIRMED - Redaction done right"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127073">127073</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Redaction done right
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>6.3.0.4 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>All
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de
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<pre>Converting a document to a pixel image for redaction just seems plain wrong
(the current implementation is basically the digital version of "print it,
blacken it, scan it again to make a new document"). Having used a similar
function in Adobe's Acrobat Pro, I feel it could be done much better:
Instead of pixelizing the whole document (and blowing it up) the portions to be
redacted should be replaced by (rectangle) shapes anchored at the proper places
(which will require that anchoring shapes works correctly). Then the user would
have the choice whether to fill those shapes black, white, with patterns, etc.
Now the resulting document would still be searchable (except for the redacted
portions).
Metadata redaction is another challenge, however.</pre>
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