Bad actors are able to reverse Markup screenshot alterations and redactions due to a Google Pixel vulnerability

20/03/2023 1 min read

Bad actors are able to reverse Markup screenshot alterations and redactions due to a Google Pixel vulnerability

Introducing acropalypse: a serious privacy vulnerability in the Google Pixel's inbuilt screenshot editing tool, Markup, enabling partial recovery of the original, unedited image data of a cropped and/or redacted screenshot. Huge thanks to @David3141593 for his help throughout! pic.twitter.com/BXNQomnHbr

— Simon Aarons (@ItsSimonTime) March 17, 2023