diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bad1fe8e52..e588e5b736 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ k8sgpt analyze --explain --filter=Service --output=json --anonymize
 
 With this option, the data is anonymized before being sent to the AI Backend. During the analysis execution, `k8sgpt` retrieves sensitive data (Kubernetes object names, labels, etc.). This data is masked when sent to the AI backend and replaced by a key that can be used to de-anonymize the data when the solution is returned to the user.
 
-For example:
+<details>
 
 1. Error reported during analysis:
 ```bash
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index ee02c1f5fd..ffa052b751 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"regexp"
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
+var anonymizePattern = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]{}|;':\",./<>?")
+
 func GetParent(client *kubernetes.Client, meta metav1.ObjectMeta) (string, bool) {
 	if meta.OwnerReferences != nil {
 		for _, owner := range meta.OwnerReferences {
@@ -101,12 +104,13 @@ func SliceDiff(source, dest []string) []string {
 }
 
 func MaskString(input string) string {
-	letters := []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
+	key := make([]byte, len(input))
 	result := make([]rune, len(input))
+	rand.Read(key)
 	for i := range result {
-		result[i] = letters[rand.Intn(len(letters))]
+		result[i] = anonymizePattern[int(key[i])%len(anonymizePattern)]
 	}
-	return string(result)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(string(result)))
 }
 
 func ReplaceIfMatch(text string, pattern string, replacement string) string {