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		Aerroon on May 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PcTattletale leaks victims' screen recordings to e... Even if the user is in control the machine can still be compromised. And since that data is available the data can be stolen.

dgellow on May 28, 2024 [–]

Sure, but that’s like saying your browser history + cookies + local storage + ssh keys + Auth tokens + … could be stolen on a compromised machine because it’s valuable data. It’s true but not something against the feature itself

Aerroon on May 28, 2024 | [–]

Yeah, but this massively expands on what data becomes vulnerable.

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