A report from 404 Media reveals that the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by accessing data stored in the device’s notification database.
In the case, incoming message content was preserved in system notifications even after Signal was removed, likely because notification previews were enabled. Only received messages were recovered, not sent ones.
While the exact method remains unclear, the data may have been extracted from backups or cached system storage. The report highlights how iOS can retain notification data locally, raising potential privacy concerns.
Source: 9to5Mac
