alt.hn

4/10/2026 at 11:31:32 PM

FBI Extracts Suspect's Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Data

 https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/04/10/1656218/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-data

by jnord

4/11/2026 at 12:39:17 AM

Total convenience vs security facepalm. We audit Signal’s crypto but the OS just pipes the plaintext into a local notification DB by default. If data isnt persisted, it cant be forensically extracted later. Honestly, sometimes the best privacy feature is just not having a database at all.

by vovanidze