Instead of just adding a link at the bottom “Signal Configuration and Hardening” Molly has a really great track record with almost immediate updates with Signal upstream. it is also recommended by GOS https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1769277147569443309 < volunteer note: changed the title fr…

This change is being made here: update!: Move Molly from blog post to RTC page main ← foreground-molly opened 06:12PM - 22 Aug 24 UTC (UTC) [image] …

One of the reasons I’m kind of against this is because people should know that Molly uses the Signal network and isn’t just based off it. Signal has strong branding and I don’t think we should confuse people by pretending Molly is something else entirely. Without Signal, Molly would not exist not j…

well you could just base of the Signal description to recommend using Molly client. And documented the reasons.

We’re definitely not going to recommend Molly instead of Signal, but I think we could probably add it in to Signal’s listing the same way we list Vaultwarden .

[image] jonah: Signal’s listing the same way we list Vaultwarden That’s what I had in mind.

@jonah @dngray Mentioning that you don’t have to use your real phone number and that VoIP works fine with Signal at The Best Private Instant Messengers - Privacy Guides is important imo.

Features that Molly has but Signal lacks: Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and not Google maps unlike Signal. Supports UnifiedPush for Push notifications. If you got no Play services on your phone, Molly falls back to WebSocket which is more efficient than Signal and drains less battery power . (F…

The question I’m asking myself is why is Signal refusing to implement Molly’s features in their applications, even though they are widely requested by the community?

[image] jerm: (Backup scheduling) Automatic backups on a daily or weekly basis. For people who use Signal as their main messenger including sending videos and pictures, this can definitely be a plus. Unnecessarily having to backup 10+ GB each day sucks. There are no incremental backups in pla…

Because things like implementing stories and MobileCoin are more important. /s

[image] jerm: Supports UnifiedPush for Push notifications. This requires running the server counterpart as well: GitHub - mollyim/mollysocket: MollySocket allows getting Signal notifications via UnifiedPush. [image] jerm: Securely shreds sensitive data from RAM. Anyone on GrapheneOS o…

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Yeah, I’m pretty sure a lot of people are using MollySocket - adminForge

Yes.

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