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

jnord 13 points 2 comments April 10, 2026
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vovanidze

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.

gnabgib

Discussions (565 points, 282 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716490 (81 points, 27 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703573

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