Redaction

Redaction that destroys, never just hides.

A black box with copyable text still underneath is the redaction failure that makes headlines — and sanctions. PDF Sentry burns the text layer for good, then scans the file to prove nothing leaked.

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copyable text underneath

The scanner catches what the eye can't — extractable text under the box

Exhibit A Fake-redaction detection

Find the leaks before
the file leaves the building.

Verify scans every page for the failures that get a production clawed back: copyable text under black boxes, hidden metadata, and tracked changes — flagged page-by-page, with a one-click fix.

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4 issues found

Exhibit B Burn, don't hide

A box drawn on top is
not a redaction.

Most tools paint a rectangle and leave the words sitting underneath — selectable, copyable, searchable. Rasterize-and-burn flattens the region to pixels, so there is nothing left to extract.

⌘C copies the text under it

Box drawn on top

The black rectangle is just a graphic. Select underneath it and the words copy out intact.

Rasterized & burned

The region is flattened to an image. There is no text object left — nothing to select, copy, or recover.

Exhibit C Hidden content sweep

The leak is rarely
where you're looking.

Sensitive data hides in places a visual review never reaches. Sanitize surfaces and strips the buried content most producers forget exists.

Document metadata

Author, organization, creation and revision dates, software fingerprints, GPS — listed, then cleared.

Tracked changes & comments

Revision history and reviewer comments that survive a "final" save and travel with the file.

Hidden layers & objects

Off-page content, invisible layers, and overlapping objects that hide data in plain sight.

Embedded attachments

Files quietly attached inside the PDF that ride along to opposing counsel undetected.

Scripts & active content

Embedded JavaScript, launch actions, and auto-run triggers that can execute code or reach out to a server — flagged, graded, and stripped.

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Run Verify again on the finished file to prove the leaks are gone before it ships.

Exhibit D Watermark companion

Mark the designation
on every page.

Redaction's natural partner — stamp a confidentiality designation across the whole document so its handling status travels with it.

Watermark Companion tool

Stamp a designation across every page in one pass — built-in legal presets, or custom text on paid plans.

CONFIDENTIAL PRIVILEGED DRAFT DO NOT COPY

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Redaction that destroys, never just hides.

Find the leaks beforethe file leaves the building.

A box drawn on top isnot a redaction.

The leak is rarelywhere you're looking.

Mark the designationon every page.

Put your redactionsto the test.

Find the leaks before
the file leaves the building.

A box drawn on top is
not a redaction.

The leak is rarely
where you're looking.

Mark the designation
on every page.

Put your redactions
to the test.