Microsoft assigns CVE to Snipping Tool bug, pushes patch to Store

Microsoft says "successful exploitation requires uncommon user interaction", but it's the innocent and accidental leakage of private data you should be concerned about.

S3 Ep127: When you chop someone out of a photo, but there they are anyway…

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Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage

Turns out that the Windows 11 Snipping Tool has the same "aCropalypse" data leakage bug as Pixel phones. Here's how to work around the problem...

Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

What if the "safe" images you shared after carefully cropping them... had some or all of the "unsafe" pixels left behind anyway?