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    8 hours ago

    A bug in Apple’s notification system allowed extraction even when the message that triggered the notification was deleted.

    This means access you any text you got. This means a list of any incoming calls. This means all your appointments that your phone reminded you of.

    And instead we get a story about deleted Signal messages, prominently featuring Signal in the thumbnail and picture while failing to mention any of the other implications of that Apple-specific bug.

    How is that accurate or even just sane reporting? Either it’s an incredibly stupid take or there is an actual agenda focusing on Signal here. And when I see several of those (including stuff like people falling for phishing attempts and giving away access to their devices being reported as “Hackers getting access to Signal account”) within just a few days I tend to assume the latter.