Signal just fixed a bug that meant disappearing messages remained on MacOS

The encrypted messaging app Signal is wonderful — assuming it works as intended. 

That last bit was thrown into question yesterday when Motherboard reported that a quirk of MacOS meant that, if you happened to be using the Signal MacOS desktop app, messages could remain on your computer even after they had been removed from the app. 

Thankfully, that has now been fixed.

The problem was first highlighted by security researcher Alec Muffett, who pointed out on Twitter that Signal messages — even those that should have expired thanks to the app’s Disappearing Messages feature — remained in his MacOS notifications bar.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Signal just fixed a bug that meant disappearing messages remained on MacOS