Apple fixes a bug that stored notifications for deleted messages on iPhone and iPad, following a report that police used it to extract deleted Signal messages
Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages …
TechCrunch Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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Discussion
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@philipmai.com
Philip Mai
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“Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically from messaging apps.” techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/a...
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@vcsjones.dev
Kevin Jones
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Nice of Apple to jump on fixing the notification DB data retention issue. www.macrumors.com/2026/04/22/ i...
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@lorenzofb
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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NEW: Apple fixed the bug that law enforcement, like the FBI, were taking advantage of to extract chat messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically. — Until now the iPhone stored deleted or disappered messages in a database, allowing authorities to access them wit…
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@amyhoy
Amy Hoy
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apple has tons of problems but they're also the only major tech company that does literally anything for privacy
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@activistchecklist.org
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Great news. A couple of weeks ago we learned that the FBI used the iPhone notifications database to harvest Signal messages after they had been deleted. — They just fixed that bug! ✅ — Upgrade to the latest iOS version now: 26.4.2 (Settings > General > Software Update) — …
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r/Denmark
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Vi kunne jo godt have pillet de der mink-"sms"er ud (som jo var iMessages)
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iOS 26.4.2 released
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r/privacy
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Apple fixes bug that let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages
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r/cybersecurity
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Apple fixes bug that let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages
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Apple fixes bug that let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages
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Mattia Epifani
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Interesting that Apple decided to “fix” this only after a news article. — This has been well known among forensics experts for years. …