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

github.com Release v6.31.2-1 · mollyim/mollyim-android

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. ...

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

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also looks like few days ago Louis Rossmann made a substantial donation to Mollyim.
- 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).
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  Louis Rossmann
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
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
- Oh that's nice to know !
Does it have sms/mms function?
- It does not.
  
  Dang.
- No, but you still need to give them your phone number in order to sign up.
Is it interoperable with signal?
- 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.
  
  Thanks!
Can you simply use a signal backup to move to Molly ? And can you go easily back to Signal, if required in the future ?
- As long as the Molly version is greater than or equal to the Signal version, it will work. Molly updates usually trail behind signal updates, so you'll have to either time it right or pause updates on you Signal app.
- I want to know this, too. I have signal now, but don't mind moving over if I simply didn't lose anything.
  
  you create a backup on signal and then restore from backup in molly. Nothing's lost.
Switched to Molly after this update.

How didn't we have that until now.
- How's it working? I was going to switch over today solely for linked tablet support.
Apologies, but why would one prefer the fork over the original? Aren't they both FOSS anyways?
- No, the original depends on proprietary blobs. And so does molly, unless you use the FOSS version explicitly.
  
  What do they use proprietary blobs for?
How long till they cut off access?
- You will likely need to update every two weeks or it will stop working
- The second Signal works out that this exists.
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
- Shorter password and even just letters (yikes) doesn't work either
  
  So, encryption is just flat out broken then?
Who tf calls his software "Molly"?
After switching from an iPad to an Android tablet recently this is exactly what I was looking for
My name ain’t molly…

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