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Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
Hackers are trying to steal Signal users' backups in new wave of phishing attacks | TechCrunch
A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages.
Messenger-App: Schwachstelle in Signal kann Datenlöschung verhindern - Golem.de
Wegen einer Schwachstelle beim Logging von Löschanfragen könnten Signal-Nachrichten auch nach Jahren wiederherstellbar sein.
Apple Fixes Bug That Let FBI Extract Deleted Signal Messages After 404 Media Coverage
The move comes directly in response to 404 Media’s coverage about how the FBI was able to recover incoming Signal messages from an iPhone because the messages were saved in the device’s notification s
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Unsurprisingly, the FBI is reluctant to provide step-by-step instructions for how it breaks into smartphones and extracts data. Nevertheless, through reporting by 404 Media and analysis from experts such as cybersecurity specialist Andrea Fortuna, we can make some educated guesses about what happened. What seems clear is that the forensics team didn't break Signal's encryption, or hack into any Signal database, but focused its attention on the database of notifications logged by iOS. It's notable that the FBI could only extract incoming messages rather than outgoing ones, because messages bein
Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock Them Down