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Signal's Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as 'parochial, magical thinking' | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Dehydrated 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Molly claims to use OSM in their FOSS builds: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/main/README.md#dependency-comparison. I can't confirm this because I never use any Signal features that require map integration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow, this is news for me. I've been following this issue on the git but there's no news about this there at least.

https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/issues/203

[–] Dehydrated 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Have you tried out Molly? If yes, did you use the normal version or the FOSS build? Btw the Version available on Accrescent is also FOSS

[–] roguetrick 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Have you tried out Molly?

Nah, I get hypomania from buproprin. I think ecstacy would put me straight into serotonin syndrome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

fkn same

[–] Dehydrated 2 points 9 months ago

I like the direction this is going

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have used it (molly-foss)but haven't in a while, just waiting for it to enable OSM location sharing to switch back to it. Didn't know about accrescent. What's the deal about it compared to droidify or f-droid?

[–] Dehydrated 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's more secure than F-Droid. It's still in a pretty early stage of development though and currently only offers a handful of apps.

App signing key pinning: first-time app installs are verified so you don't have to TOFU.

Signed repository metadata: repository contents are protected against malicious tampering.

Automatic, unattended, unprivileged updates (Android 12+): updates are handled seamlessly without relying on privileged OS integration.

First-class support for split APKs: downloaded APKs are optimized for your device to save bandwidth.

No remote APK signing: developers are in full control of their app signing keys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Cool.thanks!