If you copy and paste some code and accidentally forget to remove sensitive info, is there a way to get rid of that information, so even the revision history doesn't contain it?
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13if the information is sensitive like a password or API key, you already released it into the wild. Change it now. No, not in 5 minutes: NOW.– Marc GravellCommented Apr 15, 2011 at 11:16
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Just flag for a moderator, or send an email to [email protected].
answered Apr 15, 2011 at 10:42
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would a moderator remove certain words? or would that be over asking him?– AndyCommented Apr 15, 2011 at 10:51
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3Moderators cannot erase the history either, for what I know. But the team can delete certain revisions.– ArjanCommented Apr 15, 2011 at 11:23
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@Arjan True, but they can get a dev to do it if you flag it Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 13:10
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Moderators CANNOT permanently delete ANYTHING.– user1228Commented Apr 15, 2011 at 14:53
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1We can redact sensitive info so it's not part of the public revision history; mods have this ability too.– user50049Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 15:35
- Firstly edit the post yourself to remove the sensitive information.
- Then custom flag your post and for for whatever previous revisions need to be redacted to be redacted.
If you don't edit the post yourself you're relying on the mod to determine what should and should not be redacted. Since you know what it is you want removed and that's something you can do yourself, you should do that. Your flag may be rejected if you don't do this if the mod cannot determine what it is that needs redacting.
If your post is a question, check that any existing answers haven't copied your sensitive information, and try if possible not to invalidate any existing answers when you edit your question.
Note that moderator redaction can take some time as it requires two moderators to complete it.
Even if you do all this it's possible that scrapers and archivers have already seen your post and copied it. There's nothing we can do about that I'm afraid, once the genie has escaped it's very hard to get it back in the bottle.
answered Nov 2, 2018 at 16:12
