You may have spotted the recent case of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation pulling Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone , even though the messages were set to disappear automatically, and the Signal app itself had been deleted from the phone. The trick used by law enforcement? Previews of each incoming Signal message were logged in the notification database kept by iOS. Even though Signal had deleted the conversations, and Signal itself was deleted, this database was still available to the FBI's forensics teams. There is some good news: Apple has pushed out an iOS 26.4.2 update that makes sure notification logs are properly cleaned up after the notifications have expired. Make sure your iPhone is updated (via General > Software Update ) and you should be protected against this type of intrusion. Still, the events are concerning for anyone interested in protecting their own privacy.…