Tell HN: iOS Signal eats your disk space

132 points

4 years ago

Signal on iOS will not free up any disk space when you delete chats or media. You cannot see or clear usage in the app or in iOS settings. There’s a potential security problem where your data is not actually being deleted when you delete chats.

We are having no luck getting the Signal team to acknowledge the issue. The ticket was automatically closed despite activity.

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/4916

1. Be aware that a large portion of your storage space might be stolen by Signal.

2. Be aware that this might be a significant security flaw.

3. If anyone can get Signal to pay attention rather than closing repeated tickets as stale, that would be great.

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