We show that small deviations from spherical symmetry, described by means of
exact solutions to Einstein equations, provide a mechanism to "bleach" the
information about the collapsing body as it falls through the aparent horizon,
thereby resolving the information loss paradox. The resulting picture and its
implication related to the Landauer's principle in the presence of a
gravitational field, is discussed.Comment: 11 pages, Latex. Some comments added to answer to some raised
questions. Typos corected. Final version, to appear in Int. J. Modern. Phys.