Apple patches bug that exposed deleted Signal messages
Apple has addressed a security flaw that allowed deleted Signal messages to be retained on iPhones. The bug meant that notifications for disappearing messages were stored in an internal database, potentially exposing sensitive information. Signal's president criticized the issue, emphasizing the importance of true message deletion for user privacy.
- ▪Apple has patched a bug that caused deleted Signal messages to remain accessible on iPhones.
- ▪The flaw allowed the FBI to extract supposedly erased message content from a user's device.
- ▪Signal's disappearing messages feature was not fully effective due to iOS retaining notification content for up to a month.
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Apple patches bug that exposed deleted Signal messages Ellsworth Toohey 10:52 am Tue Apr 28, 2026 BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com Signal's disappearing messages weren't fully disappearing. When a message arrived on your iPhone, iOS stored the notification content in an internal database — and that database held onto the text for up to a month after you deleted the message inside Signal. The FBI ran forensic tools on someone's iPhone and extracted Signal message content that the app's auto-delete timer had supposedly erased. Apple has now patched the bug, according to TechCrunch.
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