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How to Make Sure Your Private Signal Messages Aren’t Still Lurking on Your Phone

Messages you send privately via the Signal app may not be as concealed as you believe — even after deleting the app. This week, 404 Media reported that the FBI successfully retrieved messages from an iPhone’s notification system long after the user deleted the privacy-oriented messaging app. In July 2025, individuals launched fireworks and damaged property at the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas—an event that left one police officer shot in the neck and led to nine arrests and domestic terrorism charges. 404 Media reported that during the trial, it came to light the FBI extracted Signal private messages from an iPhone’s notification database, using them as evidence. An FBI special agent testified that the Signal app had already been deleted from the phone when they examined it. A witness who observed the testimony informed 404 Media that the messages were configured to auto-delete, a built-in feature of the app. The app deleted the message successfully, but the iPhone retained it. This matters significantly because Signal Private Messenger is an encrypted messaging service, and messages sent via it should not remain visible after the app is removed from the phone. The FBI accessed the data because the messages appeared via the iPhone’s notification system, which stored them in the phone’s internal database. Representatives from Signal, Apple, and the FBI did not immediately reply to comment requests. This vulnerability raises security issues for iPhone users who believe encrypted messaging apps keep their conversations permanently private, and John Davisson, deputy director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, sees no justification for those messages lingering after the app’s deletion. “A person deleting a secure messaging app reasonably expects their messages won’t persist forever or remain recoverable if the device ends up in untrusted hands,” Davisson emailed CNET. Apple has a duty to the public to resolve this issue, and developers ought to alert their users to the danger in the meantime. In mid-March, all nine defendants in the trial were convicted on charges that included aiding domestic terrorism and attempted murder. Enlarge Image Prevent your iPhone from storing your messages by disabling their display in notifications.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 11, #1757

Searching for today’s Wordle solution? Click for today’s Wordle hints, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands puzzles. This Wordle puzzle is challenging, featuring some uncommon letters. If you need a new starting word, check out our list of the most frequent letters in English words. If you’re looking for hints and the solution, keep reading.. Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025. Hints for today’s Wordle. Before revealing today’s Wordle answer, here are some hints. If you don’t want spoilers, look away now. Wordle hint #1: Repeats. The Wordle answer for today features no repeated letters. Wordle hint #93: Vowels.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 11 #769

Searching for the latest Strands solution? Click here for our daily Strands hints, plus daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has an enjoyable theme, and once you spot it, you’ll find some of the clues straightforward to identify. However, as usual, some answers are tough to decipher. If you’re seeking hints or solutions, keep reading. I dive deep into the Strands rules in this article. For today’s Wordle, Connections, and Mini Crossword answers, check out CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far. Clue for the current Strands puzzle. The Strands theme for today is: You’re putting me on. If that’s not enough, hint: Headgear. Words to unlock in-game hints. Your objective is to locate concealed words that match the puzzle’s theme. If you’re having trouble, identify any words you can.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for April 11, #1035

Here are the latest Connections hints and solutions, along with daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle introduces another purple category that requires spotting words hidden inside other words. Continue reading for hints and today’s Solutions. The Times offers a Connections Bot, similar to the Wordle bot. After playing, you can receive a numeric score and have the program analyze your answers. Registered Times Games players can track their statistics in detail, including puzzles completed, win rate, perfect scores, and current win streak. Read more about hints, tips, and strategies to help you win at NYT Connections every time.

Clues for the Connections categories today. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tougher (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Vroom-vroom. Green group clue: They offer assistance. Blue group clue: They support or delay. Purple group clue: Sinuous text.

Solutions for today’s Connections categories are provided where available.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, April 11

Searching for the latest Mini Crossword solution? Click here for hints on today’s Mini Crossword, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s the longest edition of the week, the Saturday one. Keep reading for all the answers. For daily solving hints and guidance, check out our Mini Crossword tips. Looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands answers? Visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword. Here are the clues and answers for the Mini Crossword. The solved NYT Mini Crossword for April 210, 211. CNET screenshot of the New York Times. Small crosswords with clues and solutions.

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Artemis II Astronauts Splash Down Safely After Moon Mission

Check out the astronauts’ stellar menu. Screenshot from NASA by Corinne Reichert/CNET. Astronaut meals: no longer just Tang and Space Food Sticks. NASA has revealed the menu for the Artemis II astronauts, and it looks pretty appealing. The crew will have access to over 10 beverage options, such as coffee, mango-peach smoothies, green tea, apple cider, lemonade, pineapple drink, cocoa, and breakfast drinks in chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry flavors. Among the most frequent foods are tortillas, wheat flatbread, vegetable quiche, barbecued beef brisket, mango salad, blueberry granola, macaroni and cheese, tropical fruit salad, nutty couscous, broccoli au gratin, spicy green beans, almonds, cashews, and butternut squash cauliflower. Additionally, NASA notes that the astronauts can add heat to their meals with five varieties of hot sauce available onboard. Culinary flavorings available include maple syrup, chocolate spread, peanut butter, spicy mustard, strawberry jam, honey, cinnamon, and almond butter. Desserts consist of cookies, chocolate, pudding, cake, candy-coated almonds, and cobbler. And no, they’re not taking flavor pills or slurping sandwiches from tubes, as depicted in old sci-fi shows. “Orion spacecraft food is ready-to-eat, rehydratable, thermostabilized, or irradiated,” states NASA. The crew rehydrates food and drinks using Orion’s potable water dispenser and warms meals with a compact, briefcase-style food heater when required.