No, Signal has not been hacked. However, we do recommend turning off showing Signal content in notifications because the content is stored in memory on device. Apparently, this memory can be retrieved if an attacker has physical access to an unlocked device and has the right tool.
https://activistchecklist.org/signal/#signal-disable-notifications
@jesterchen Yeah, that’s a great point. However, here’s an article in the news today that folks are talking about. Someone deleted the signal app but the notifications were still retrievable.
@HasSignalBeenHacked thanks for your reply. As I said: usually I read articles first,...
The new link is behind a paywall, but what I can see leads to new questions: Do people really believe, data is lost as soon as I delete something? And this is not even asking about other places where data might be stored. If I delete files, usually they're not physically deleted, only the allocation get's destroyed... and yeah, what typical user does know something like that, I know... (and that is long before clear vs. purge vs. cryptographically destroy like in NIST SP 800-88r2 or such).
And as long as the device is unlocked, the encryption won't help.......
And I know how difficult it is to explain the "basics" of this. So thanks again for the clarification.
Has Signal Been Hacked?
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