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One reason for Signal app's popularity is its ability to send messages that are deleted from the app after a preset time period, but that may not always be the case, a security researcher warns. The Mac version of the app displays recently received messages in the macOS Notification Center, but because of the way Macs handle notifications, the messages linger on the recipient's notifications bar even if the message is set to self-destruct using Signal's timer, Motherboard reported Wednesday. The notifications display the sender's name and the message's content. https://cnet.co/2ryiPii https://cnet.co/2ryiPii+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra