FBI Extracts Suspect's Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Data
jnord
13 points
2 comments
April 10, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
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