FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by accessing Apple's notification storage, which preserved message content even after the app was uninstalled. The technique worked because the defendant had not disabled Signal's message preview setting in notifications. Only incoming messages were recoverable via this forensic method.
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FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages
FBI exploited Apple's notification storage to recover deleted Signal messages from iPhones, sidestepping app-level encryption deletion via a forensic artifact that preserves message previews even after uninstall.
Friday, April 10, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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