Images and text
Redact a screenshot before you share it
Boxes, not blur, because blurred text can be read back.
Pro
What it does
Most leaked credentials in public bug reports and support threads arrive as screenshots. Redaction closes that path: ClipBuddy finds the sensitive regions in an image clip and covers them with opaque boxes, on your Mac, before you share anything.
What it looks for
Passwords, API keys, card numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and faces.
The honest limit
An automatic scan is a first pass, not a guarantee. ClipBuddy covers the text it can read and asks you to check the result, because faint, rotated or stylised text is exactly what recognition misses. Two seconds of looking is the difference between a redacted screenshot and a redacted looking one.
Tips
- Redact, then look at the output at full size. Reviewing the thumbnail is how a half covered key gets shipped.
- If a screenshot is mostly secret, crop it instead. Sharing less is stronger than covering more.
Redact and share safely
- 1 Open the image clip
Open the screenshot in ClipBuddy that you are about to share.
- 2 Let it find the sensitive parts
ClipBuddy spots passwords, API keys, card numbers, emails, phone numbers and faces using Vision and the same local detector the Vault uses.
- 3 Cover them
Apply opaque boxes over what should not be shared. A filled box destroys the pixels underneath instead of scrambling them.
- 4 Check, then copy
Look over the image yourself before sharing, then copy the redacted version.
Frequently asked questions
Why boxes instead of blur or pixelation?
Blurred or pixelated text can often be reversed well enough to read short, high entropy strings back out, which is exactly the kind of thing worth hiding. A filled box destroys the pixels.
Does the image get uploaded for analysis?
No. Detection runs on your Mac with Vision. Nothing is uploaded.
Can I trust it to catch everything?
No automatic scan can promise that, and ClipBuddy says so: it covers the text it can read and tells you to check the image before sharing. Faint or stylised text can be missed.
