Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages that had been deleted or disappeared automatically from messaging apps.

This was because notifications that displayed the messages’ content were also cached on the device for up to a month.

In a security notice on its website, Apple said that the bug meant “notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device."

https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/

Ron DeSantis signs law blocking local Florida governments from funding DEI (José Olivares/The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/ron-desantis-law-dei-funding
http://www.memeorandum.com/260422/p151#a260422p151

Miles Taylor: In tRump's America, fighting back against the #KKK is now basically an act of "terrorism." The Justice Department brought charges against a major civil rights organization. This will be Trump's template for prosecuting the entire American left.

#trump #KashPatel #FBI #SPLC #civilrights
https://www.defiance.news/p/in-trumps-america-fighting-back-against

Google is sleeping with ICE. And they have your data. So, yeah, maybe detach from their services.

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-state-ags-investigate-googles-broken-promise-users-targeted-government

#Google #ICE #Fascism #Privacy #InfoSec #OpSec

All those red states that gerrymander a redistricting without ever having a referendum, and yet Trump only objects to ones that restore the balance with a public vote. Trump hates democracy.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/22/trump-calls-virginia-election-rigged-after-redistricting-referendum?traffic_source=rss

Prediction markets are doing a better job of policing insider trading by government officials than the actual government agencies whose job it is do that.

From “drain the swamp” to “fill it with monsters”.