"By having message previews in notifications, you're giv[ing] the OS access to that content without being sure how it will handle those messages. This patch removes one known method, but for full assurance you should just turn off previews so the OS never sees it in the first place."
"The notification content surviving app deletion is the wild part. Glad it's patched but makes you wonder what else is sitting in iOS notification caches."
"Notification content wasn't supposed to make it into diagnostic logs but sometimes did. Specifically happened when you get a notification the phone can't handle, like when the app it is for has been deleted."
Signal's recent patch addresses the issue of inadvertently-preserved notifications by deleting them and preventing future preservation for deleted applications. Users expressed concerns about the sufficiency of the update, with some recommending disabling message previews entirely to enhance privacy. Signal's president previously advised users to adjust settings to show 'No Name or Content' in notifications. Discussions on Bluesky revealed worries about the implications of message previews and the potential for sensitive content to be accessed by the operating system, raising questions about notification caches in iOS.
Read at Ars Technica
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