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  n3dm
  I've used Molly for over a year. Overnight it lost the device registration and will not contact the servers to re-register. The backup feature also does not work which left me dead in the water for several days with no fix. I switched back to signal and had to start a new database. It was a disaster. YMMV
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  raphman
  The Whisperfish [1] project (a Signal messenger for Sailfish OS) maintains an independent Signal client library written in Rust [2]. It works quite well - unless Signal decides to change their protocols or kick non-standard clients.[1] https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish[2] https://github.com/whisperfish/presage
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  landr0id
  > Contains no proprietary blobs, unlike SignalWhat "proprietary blobs" does Signal have?I'll also just add: it's probably not a good idea to use any modifications to an E2EE messenger unless you are comfortable with those privacy/security guarantees possibly being violated by the 3rd party code.The only exception to this would be if I really trusted the goals of the 3rd party, like Graphene.
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  mid-kid
  This app's killer feature for me is that it's actually available on F-Droid, unlike its upstream.Happy user for many years now, thanks for the support!
• tdrz
  The fact that Signal gets bad publicity or "improved" alternatives pop up tells me that they are a real threat to the mainstream apps.
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  VladVladikoff
  $50 says this is some nation state trying to sow seeds of discord into the Signal user base. Signal is actually becoming so well adopted most of my friends are on it now. Trying to convince them all to use yet another app is going to be pretty tough, especially since there isn’t really any decent evidence that Signal is insecure.
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  Zambyte
  There is no way to use the Signal app on a device without a camera (USB cameras are even explicitly blocked!), and sync it with another computer. I use a Daylight computer as my primary mobile machine, which does not have a camera. The Molly app is the only way I am able to use Signal on multiple devices.
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  throwawayk7h
  Does it add back the killer feature of SMS fallback?If not, I'll stick with Matrix. It's got privacy at least as good as signal, with Discord's UX.
• SomeHacker44
  Android Signal does not support being a companion tablet app to a primary phone Signal. So you have to use Molly if you want to have Signal on your Android tablet. It has been reliable for me in that role since the Pixel Tab came out and I switched from an iPad.
• kyledrake
  One thing that would be really nice from a new user perspective would be to have some screenshots so people can visually see the interface. Just giving some "get new users" feedback, not criticizing at all.
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  c249709
  please include a screenshot of your app somewhere on your website or repo. why would I download an app if I don't even know what it looks like?
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  analogpixel
  Does it lock me out of the app like signal if I don't update the app every few weeks? I'm looking for an app that never needs to be updated; Oh, I guess that is email.
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  throawayonthe
  i use it only because it happens to have a convenient 'supply trust chain' on GrapheneOS: (built-in) App Store -> Accrescent[0] -> Molly (seems to ship the 'FOSS' version)i don't use any of the enhancements, but it does receive notifications over the websocket it keeps open in the background vs only waking up on an FCM push notification like the regular appi wonder if the supply chain risk of having a second entity (that signs the apks!) involved is really worth it to anyone... hope signal can be published on Accrescent or similar someday :p[0] https://accrescent.app/
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  k_bx
  > multi-deviceCan someone explain, is this different from adding (up to 5) devices to your Signal account? Are these devices all "primary" or something?
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  jdironman
  What about the server portion? that's the thing I would like to have forked / open source.
• ewenquim
  I don't want a new chat app, I want an unified protocol and bring my own client
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  amelius
  > Protects databaseWhat database?This page is clearly written for developers that are already familiar with it.From this I can already predict this project is going nowhere.
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  sabjut
  My main grievances with the Signal app are mainly centered around UI and UX, and features. Without trying to be mean, I think it's plain ugly and clunky. Features like live location or persistent multi-device messages etc will probably never be implemented with the current strategy of Signal.The fact that this "improved" version does not show a single screenshot of the UI on their own website, signals to me (pun intended) that this app will address none of my wishes.
• pavlov
  The name immediately makes me think of 1990s raves, since it’s a nickname for ecstasy (the drug). I guess that’s a generational thing.
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  chipheat
  Seems interesting, but are there any screenshots?
• anon
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  issafram
  Says it's on F-Droid and it isn't. Search turns up no results
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  max_
  The Signal discourages the use of Molly.
• tamimio
  So, you still need a phone number? It doesn’t mention anywhere that’s not a requirement
• qmr
  That's great news but I just switched to iOS.
• Y-bar
  An iOS version would be lovely in the future!
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  worik
  What are the advantages of this?
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  g-mork
  Extra privacy features and named after UK slang for MDMA, hrm.
• shellpipe
  this is great. having a few screenshots would be sweet.
• alexnewman
  I’ve never trusted signal. Signal desktop does not seem reproducible . It’s not clear to me how its infrastructure is deployed. The servers buffer messages to a large degree
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  preisschild
  I'd just wish Molly had a live-tracking feature, similar to Telegram-FOSS.But not sure if even the upstream Signal client has this.
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  IshKebab
  https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/285650e38613...I'm pretty unconvinced that this is a sane or useful thing to do.
• supareya
  Hi
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  seany
  Now we just need to drop the phone number requirements and signal would be "done" for all practical purposes
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  slurrpurr
  What is the point of this? Just use the regular signal app. It may be more safe, but are the developers trustworthy enough?
• t3estabc
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• Jeff-Collins
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  immibis
  Can't wait to see how the lawsuit goes. Moxie is infamously protective of Signal.