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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T05:59:30.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "404 Media – 9 Apr 26",
    "FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification...",
    "Archive link (No Paywall).",
    "@henry-fisher",
    "Techlore",
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  "textContent": "404 Media – 9 Apr 26\n\n### FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification...\n\nThe case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization.\n\nArchive link (No Paywall).\n\n**TL;DR:**\n\n> _**The FBI was able to forensically extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even after the app was deleted, because copies of the content were saved in the device’s push notification database […]**_\n\n@henry-fisher from Techlore also provided some useful contextualization on his socials:\n\nMastodon\nBlueSky\nTwitter\n\n> _When Signal messages arrive, iOS stores push notification previews locally on the device. Those previews stayed behind even after Signal was uninstalled._\n>\n> _Two things:_\n>\n>   * _Only incoming messages were captured this way_\n>   * _Disappearing messages that had already vanished inside Signal were still recoverable from the notification cache_\n>\n\n>\n> _This is iOS behavior, not a Signal vulnerability. And likely impacts other apps._\n>\n> _This is a very high threat model concern, though the fix is straightforward:_\n>  _Signal → Settings → Notifications → Show → set to “No Name or Content”_\n>\n> _You’ll still get a notification ping, but iOS just won’t cache anything useful._",
  "title": "Signal messages retrieved from iOS notification"
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