celeste (@vmfunc) on X

celeste on X: "many of the "redacted" PDFs from the epstein files aren't actually redacted, they just have black boxes drawn over text. the underlying data is fully extractable. this is an example. in this case it's just photo processing paperwork from a palm beach camera shop"

many of the "redacted" PDFs from the epstein files aren't actually redacted, they just have black boxes drawn over text. the underlying data is fully extractable. this is an example. in this case it's just photo processing paperwork from a palm beach camera shop
this isn't new. the manafort filing had the same issue in 2019. government agencies have been making this mistake for decades. it's a basic infosec failure and someone at DOJ should probably audit these files.
FOR LEGAL REASONS I NEED TO BE CLEAR: this is a known PDF security issue documented since at least 2005. i'm not revealing any sensitive information, just demonstrating that the DOJ's redaction process has a basic technical flaw that's been written about in the ABA Journal,