How the FBI Extracted Deleted Signal Messages
4/16/202645 min
We start this week with Joseph’s story on the inherent friction between secure chat apps like Signal and the phone they’re running on. Incoming message content can be stored in a phone’s internal notification database. After the break, Matthew tells us the latest about the data center pushback. Then in the subscribers’ only section, Emanuel tells us all about Marathon and its player numbers. (00:00) Intro (01:21) FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database (26:01) Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters (33:21) Farmer Arrested for Speaking Too Long at Datacenter Town Hall Vows to Fight Subscriber's Story: I Wish I Didn’t Care About 'Marathon' Player Numbers, But I Do Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJoseph Cox· Host0:00
The FBI was able to forensically extract Signal messages that were supposed to be deleted, and they've been stored in the iPhone notification database. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the 404 Media podcast, where we bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds, both online and IRL. 404 Media is a journalist-founded company and needs your support. To subscribe, go to fourohfourmedia.co. As well as bonus content every single week, subscribers also get access to additional episodes where we respond to their best comments. Gain access to that content at fourohfourmedia.co. I'm your host, Joseph, and it's a little bit different today. We have, uh, another of the 404 Media co-founders, that being Emmanuel Maiberg.
Emmanuel Maiberg· Host0:49
Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:50
And then we also have our regular contributor, Matthew Gault.
Matthew Gault· Panelist0:53
Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:55
All right. If I sound very tired, which I am, it's because we were up all night. Okay, not all night. Relatively late- [laughs] -into the night playing the video game Marathon, which we're gonna talk about in the sub- the subscribers-only section because Emmanuel wrote about it. I'll leave that there for the time being. But, um, Emmanuel, do you wanna take the lead on this first story?
Emmanuel Maiberg· Host1:16
Yeah. Uh, the first story today is from Joe. The headline is FBI Extracts Suspect's Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database.