Molly - a better signal

3 years ago by Possibly linux to c/privacy

Molly is an independent Signal fork for Android.
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Yesbutnotreally 85 points 3 years ago
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otter 15 points 3 years ago

Yep

The one useful feature here might be automatic backups. Losing chat data is the biggest downside for the friends who didn't like signal. It's not worth the risk for them.

I have automatic backups set up with foldersync, and it works pretty well but feels janky to set up. I also have to periodically clear the files from my Google Drive trash folder else it eats up my storage.

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possiblylinux127 -31 points 3 years ago

Well signal is full of proprietary software even though its core is Foss. That's why molly doesn't support absolutely proprietary operating systems

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CaptainAlchemy 16 points 3 years ago

Signal on the Google play store isn't FOSS but it facilitates the delivery of notifications to the user. The protocol itself is open source and notifications are handled securely even with Google play services on the phone. If you want a FOSS version, use the APK on their website, it has an auto updater.

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newIdentity 15 points 3 years ago

Molly doesn't really remove the proprietary Google parts unless you download the FOSS version

It simply isn't for iOS, because they didn't develop a version for iOS

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cjf 3 points 3 years ago

The one anti-spam module in the server code and… what else is proprietary?

FCM? The thing they need to give android users (with Google play services installed) notifications?

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