Google Photos Is Working on a Redact Tool to Hide Sensitive Info in Photos

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An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Google is working on a Redact tool in Google Photos.

This would allow users to “redact sensitive areas of your photos,” according to a code snippet.

Google would be joining Samsung, OPPO, OnePlus, and others in offering this functionality.

There are times when we want to share images with other people but need to redact sensitive info in them first. Unfortunately, Google Photos only lets you scribble over the desired area with the Markup option. Thankfully, we’ve discovered that Google is working on a solution.

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