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macOS keeps copy of printed files

Open ChristopherA opened this issue 1 year ago • 3 comments

When printing seeds or SSKR with the macOS version of SeedTool, there is a security risk to users as apparently macOS keeps a copy of all completed printed files in:

/var/spool/cups/FILENAME /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/FILENAME.pdf

…and does not delete them.

see: https://bgr.com/tech/macos-saves-a-copy-of-every-print-you-have-ever-taken-heres-how-to-find-them/

Obviously the user could

sudo rm -r /var/spool/cups

but supposedly…

sudo service cups stop
sudo service cups start

…might be safer.

Don't know if there is anything an app can do to prevent this archive.

I don't know if there is an equivalent problem with iOS.

ChristopherA avatar Nov 11 '22 05:11 ChristopherA