MY LOCK SCREEN TESTIFIED STICKER

iOS 26 is spiking because Apple released iOS 26.4.2 on April 22, 2026 to patch CVE-2026-28950, a Notification Services flaw in which notifications marked for deletion could still be retained on the device. support.apple.com That patch blew up because reporting and court testimony showed the FBI could recover incoming Signal message previews from an iPhone’s internal notification storage even after Signal had been deleted and messages were set to disappear. aboutsignal.com Signal said its encryption was not broken; the problem was iOS holding onto Lock Screen preview data that users reasonably assumed was gone. aboutsignal.com Apple also shipped the same fix for older devices on iOS 18.7.8, which is why this landed as an “update now” story instead of a forgettable tiny point release. support.apple.com The whiplash is part of why people care: iOS 26.4 had been the fun update with Playlist Playground and eight new emoji, and now the conversation is about whether your phone was quietly preserving evidence. support.apple.com So the real reaction is not “yay, software maintenance,” it’s the much funnier and darker realization that the alleged snitch was the iPhone Lock Screen itself. aboutsignal.com