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Signal messages retrieved from iOS notification, as seen in Prairieland federal trial (europe.pub)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TLDR: signal content in Apple notification can be retrieved even after signal app deletion.

I saw from this reddit thread: Signal messages retrieved from iPhone after uninstalling app. : signal

Referencing this news article: Pretti Killing May Affect ICE Prairieland "Antifa Cell" Terrorism Trial

The mention of signal is in court documents here: March 10: Federal Trial Day 12 - Support the Prairieland Defendants

Signal chat evidence from Sharp’s device (Exhibit 158):
Messages were recovered from Sharp’s phone through Apple’s internal notification storage — Signal had been removed, but incoming notifications were preserved in internal memory. Only incoming messages were captured (no outgoing).

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

This doesn't make sense as the whole phone is encrypted. Do what magical unencrypted space is it stored. The push notification server yes that is an issue

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    if your whole phone is encrypted this likely doesn't apply to you so long as you have a strong passpharse (6 characters or more) and a good data shredding policy (shred after 5 wrong guesses)

    however, that is not most people

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