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Molly, Signal fork introduced multiple devices support tablets included, all linked to one single account

3 years ago by celmit to c/technology

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Welcome to Molly v6.31.2-1 Introducing Multi-Device Support! Now, you can install Molly on multiple devices, including Android tablets, and link them to a single account, just like Signal Desktop. ...
celmit 40 points 3 years ago

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smotherlove 21 points 3 years ago

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sugar_in_your_tea 9 points 3 years ago

Cool. I really respect his opinions, so I'll definitely be giving this a look. I still need to get my wife on board though, since that's what killed Signal for me last time I tried it (no point when the person I send the most sensitive info to doesn't use it).

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PipedLinkBot 2 points 3 years ago

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andrzej85 36 points 3 years ago

the two can co-exist as well... you can keep your Signal install on your primary device and you can install Molly on a tablet, and have it linked to your Signal app as a linked device. this way there's no loss of data on your primary device

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Jomn 5 points 3 years ago

Oh that's nice to know !

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keefshape 23 points 3 years ago

Does it have sms/mms function?

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cujo 9 points 3 years ago

It does not.

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keefshape 2 points 3 years ago

Dang.

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SatyrSack 6 points 3 years ago

No, but you still need to give them your phone number in order to sign up.

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dauerstaender 18 points 3 years ago

Is it interoperable with signal?

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uninvitedguest 30 points 3 years ago

I was curious, so I read the GitHub page:

Molly connects to the Signal server, so you can chat with your Signal contacts seamlessly. Please remember to review the Signal Terms & Privacy Policy before signing up.

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dauerstaender 3 points 3 years ago

Thanks!

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Jomn 15 points 3 years ago

Can you simply use a signal backup to move to Molly ? And can you go easily back to Signal, if required in the future ?

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thejevans 14 points 3 years ago

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penquin 4 points 3 years ago

I want to know this, too. I have signal now, but don't mind moving over if I simply didn't lose anything.

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merde 4 points 3 years ago

you create a backup on signal and then restore from backup in molly. Nothing's lost.

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eruchitanda 15 points 3 years ago

Switched to Molly after this update.

How didn't we have that until now.

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AlecSadler 3 points 3 years ago

How's it working? I was going to switch over today solely for linked tablet support.

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overzeetop 1 point 3 years ago

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bruce965 12 points 3 years ago

Apologies, but why would one prefer the fork over the original? Aren't they both FOSS anyways?

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7heo 15 points 3 years ago

No, the original depends on proprietary blobs. And so does molly, unless you use the FOSS version explicitly.

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sugar_in_your_tea 5 points 3 years ago

What do they use proprietary blobs for?

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7heo 17 points 3 years ago

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bruce965 3 points 3 years ago

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

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oneguynick 7 points 3 years ago

How long till they cut off access?

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twistypencil 3 points 3 years ago

You will likely need to update every two weeks or it will stop working

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lol 5 points 3 years ago

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ubergeek77 5 points 3 years ago

It's not an assumption. The vanilla Signal app has code in it that disables itself after a certain period without updates. Unless they removed that from this app, then this will do the same thing.

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twistypencil 3 points 3 years ago

Not just updates, you need to periodically poll for messages as well, anyone who runs signal-cli runs into these issues

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lol 3 points 3 years ago

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HughJanus 1 point 3 years ago

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jmcs 8 points 3 years ago

Their terms and services forbid third party clients for security reasons, and they have enforced it before. They have a bit of a point in that they can't ensure that 3rd party applications aren't spying on you, or more importantly other users you chat with, but that point is mooted when they refuse to document the risk of other apps, like your phone keyboard or "AI" assistant doing the same (which is already happening in some countries).

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Trebach -2 points 3 years ago

The second Signal works out that this exists.

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nevial 6 points 3 years ago

Just installed the FOSS version, was greeted with a "you can encrypt your database with a passphrase" message, put a long password in both fields, and, well, app crashes. Not really trustworthy imo

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nevial 4 points 3 years ago

Shorter password and even just letters (yikes) doesn't work either

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sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 3 years ago

So, encryption is just flat out broken then?

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nevial 2 points 3 years ago

In my experience, yes. Can only speak for myself and my device though

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nevial 1 point 3 years ago

Okay, everyone, I installed the current update and the app no longer crashes 🥳 but now I don't know how to import my Signal data from within the same phone (the local export/import doesn't really work and doesn't include messages)

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HughJanus 5 points 3 years ago

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UnfortunateShort 5 points 3 years ago

Afaik they use your phones contacts. If you want to delete one, you need to delete the number from your phone.

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HughJanus 5 points 3 years ago

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MonkderZweite 5 points 3 years ago

Who tf calls his software "Molly"?

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HughJanus 3 points 3 years ago

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trash 9 points 3 years ago

I completely forgot Signal added stories. People use that?

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HughJanus 5 points 3 years ago

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smotherlove 7 points 3 years ago

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HughJanus 2 points 3 years ago

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backpackn 4 points 3 years ago

The question everyone’s dying to know

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JohnWorks 1 point 3 years ago

After switching from an iPad to an Android tablet recently this is exactly what I was looking for

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BobbyBandwidth -3 points 3 years ago

My name ain’t molly…

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