Document redaction fights "one cell leaks": OCR can guess from partial strokes
`block-mosaic-censor` covers support ticket attachments, finance workflows, leak reviews, and audit PDF snips. Fine mosaics may still be guessed with language models; oversized blocks wipe neighboring context readers need. Align cells to text metrics so you never mosaic half a glyph. QR and barcode areas need full tiles; partial masks may still decode. Red stamps and signatures carry anti-aliased pastel pixels—zoom before ship. Multi-page batches should keep consistent cell sizing for archival polish. PNGs with alpha pasted on white can resurrect faint letterforms—flatten first. Training demos must use synthetic samples, not live customer pixels. Before external release, run phone OCR on downscaled previews to mimic low-effort attacks.
Block mosaic workflow
- In `block-mosaic-censor`, zoom to reading size and mark ID strings, amounts, barcodes, and addresses.
- Choose cells large enough to fully cover fields with margin; hunt light anti-alias pixels.
- Export, OCR-test on a phone, and verify on an opaque white preview.