Re:Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat me...
by rvnx on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:12PM
(#47869360)
Most likely changes the preview on the client-side, but the message is still full on the server-side
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Re:Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat me...
by solenoid0937 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @01:34AM
(#47872553)
Correct, parent comment is spreading misinformation/false sense of security.
Re:Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat me...
by ThePowerOfFuet on Thursday April 23, 2026 @02:40AM
(#47872814)
Signal does not have the plaintext of the messages and therefore could not send it as part of the notification.
Re:Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat me...
by chislobog on Thursday April 23, 2026 @08:24AM
(#47874911)
Apparently if I’m reading the work of others correctly a notification component and subsequent other interaction logs, in this case that the notification was not generated, is also logged in knowledgeC pointing to at least some metadata of non-notified messages logged.
Re:Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat me...
by privacyking on Friday April 24, 2026 @12:22AM
(#47885479)
The signal app does and does the OS once the notification is displayed. The latter is where this issue originates