Google Pixel exploit reverses edited parts of screenshots

Google Pixel exploit reverses edited parts of screenshots

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    Google has since patched the Markup vulnerability, but that doesn’t have an effect on the edited screenshots shared online before the update.







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    A security flaw affecting the Google Pixel’s default screenshot editing utility, Markup, allows images to become partially “unedited,” potentially revealing the personal information users chose to hide, as spotted earlier by 9to5Google and Android Police. The vulnerability, which was discovered by reverse engineers Simon Aaarons and David Buchanan, has since been patched by Google but still has widespread implications for the edited screenshots shared prior to the update.




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