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  "path": "/t/signal-macos-desktop-app-doesnt-actually-delete-messages-when-it-should/38215#post_3",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T07:55:17.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net",
  "textContent": "Isn’t this a non-issue if you restart the Signal app or use it often though?\n\n\n    Restrictions\n    ------------\n\n    This vulnerability is mitigated by several factors:\n\n    1. The database is encrypted. To extract any deleted messages, the attacker will\n       have to defeat the encryption. This requires capabilities and expertise.\n\n    2. Active Signal use will reach the Write-Ahead log page limit fast, leading to\n       merging of log fairly regularly.\n\n    3. Signal app restart will commit the Write-Ahead Log, deleting the messages.\n\n\nWhile it’s not nice from Signal to not answer I know this is something a lot of big open source projects have been struggling with since people spam them with AI generated content.\n\nBut then again I don’t see this impacting 99% of all Signal users on macOS. Still an interesting find though.",
  "title": "Signal macOS Desktop App Doesn't Actually Delete Messages When it Should"
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