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App thumbnail preview in taskbar doesn't update after the app autolocks #3760

Open ctp9 opened 1 month ago

ctp9 commented 1 month ago

Describe the bug Windows taskbar thumbnail previews cache/snapshot the contents of Standard Notes - and this cached snapshot does not update when Standard Notes' Autolock gets engaged. Contents of Standards Notes can still be seen very clearly upon hovering over the application's icon and having its thumbnail preview pop-up. It is the same issue that I reported back in 2021 and it has come back again since a few versions ago:

https://github.com/standardnotes/desktop/issues/757#issue-995265431

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Log in/unlock Standard Notes
  2. Allow the app to sit idle for a few minutes and autolock
  3. Hover over the Standard Notes app icon in taskbar
  4. Notice that the thumbnail preview still shows the old contents of Standard Notes when it was unlocked

Expected behavior When app is hovered over in the taskbar, there must not be a preview of the contents of what is inside the app, like so:

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Additional context This is an app security issue that should be taken seriously.

ctp9 commented 1 month ago

Is no one going to look into fixing this critical security flaw? It was fixed once but the same problem came back in recent releases.

ctp9 commented 4 weeks ago

Hi again. This is a very serious security flaw in the app and completely defeats the purpose of "encryption" when the entire app can be pulled up via cached snapshots on Windows and expose the contents within.