"Google Pixel Flaw Exposes Redacted and Cropped Images to Hackers"

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A vulnerability in Google's Pixel screenshot editor, Markup, has been discovered that allows users to recover uncropped or unredacted screenshots taken during the past four years. The bug was fixed in the March 2023 security update for Pixel devices, but the last four years of Pixel screenshots may still contain hidden data that people didn't realize they were sharing. Some apps, like Twitter, will recompress any uploaded files, which will delete the hidden data in the screenshot, but others, like Discord, share the original file, making it possible for a third party to uncrop the screenshot.
- Google Pixel bug lets you “uncrop” the last four years of screenshots Ars Technica
- Google Pixel flaw allowed recovery of redacted, cropped images BleepingComputer
- Pixel vulnerability that hits the Markup screenshot editing tool is potentially dangerous PhoneArena
- Severe security flaw found in the Markup tool on Pixel phones Android Authority
- This Google Pixel flaw could let hackers undo all your photo cropping TechRadar
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