The Google Pixel Markup app, however, didn’t quite do that, leading to a bug denoted CVE-2023-20136. …those chopped-off bits would not be included in any copies of the edited file that you chose to post online, email to your chums, or send to a friend. So, like us, you probably assumed that if you chopped bits out of a photo or screenshot and hit, then even if the app kept a record of your edits so you could revert them later and recover the exact original… Simply put, one of the primary reasons for cropping photos and screenshots before you send them out is to get rid of content that you don’t want to share.

The same is true for screenshots, where the extraneous content might include the content of your next-door browser tab, or the private email directly below the amusing one, which you need to cut out in order to stay on the right side of privacy regulations. Sometimes, however, you want to edit it out of decency, such as cutting out details that could hurt your own (or somone else’s) privacy by revealing your location or situation unnecessarily. Sometimes, you want to crop an image because it simply looks better when you chop off any extraneous content, such as the graffiti-smeared bus stop on the left hand side. Image cropping tools are very handy when you’re on the road and you want to share an impulse photo, perhaps involving a cat, or an amusing screenshot, perhaps including a wacky posting on social media or a bizarre ad that popped up on a website.īut quickly-snapped pics or hastily-grabbed screenshots often end up including bits that you don’t want other people to see. Google Pixel phones had a serious data leakage bug – here’s what to do!

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