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Apple Closes an iPhone Notification Privacy Gap After Forensic Recovery of Deleted Signal Alerts
Key Takeaways
- Investigators reportedly recovered incoming Signal message previews from iPhone notification logs.
- The case did not depend on breaking Signal encryption, but on OS-level data retention.
- Apple says iOS 26.4.2 now cleans up expired notification logs more effectively.
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