Talking PDF

Part of the problem is people don't know what the term "redaction" means, they literally want to "black out" information so they rely on the graphic tools they know can do that.

But that's only a cover up, not a redaction. It does not occur to them to search for tools like Redax or Redax Enterprise Server which will give them the results they seek.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/06/28/house_democrats_improperly_redacted_documents_wrong_but_they_re_not_alone.html

Redacting Digital Documents Is Easy. Why Do People Keep Doing it Wrong? What should have been a public relations coup turned into minor fiasco this week when House Democrats publicly released a cache of digital documents re ...