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Molly (Signal clone) preps UnifiedPush support (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] raubarno@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

It depends on non-free Google Play Services for push notifications, which puts you into a requirement to use an unmodified Google Android, which is potentially dangerous for a privacy app like this.

Anyways, when it comes to E2EE IMs, Matrix ecosystem is much better.

[-] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They distribute an apk that uses a websocket for notifications. It's very hidden, which I do not understand in the slightest, but it exists.

https://signal.org/android/apk/

They make it seem dangerous to use, and don't even explain why someone would need it. That needs improvement imo.

[-] Gamey@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

They used to have it on the normal Download page ages ago but they seem to only provide it to avoid a shitstorm tbh! :/

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. At the moment only two of my friends use Signal, but it's nice to know.

[-] pootriarch@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 1 year ago

an interesting oddity: on my non-rooted xperia, signal thinks that i don't have play services and so it falls back to… polling. every five minutes. killing my battery and my logs.

i had to put signal into the restricted battery group, which means no notifications. i anxiously await the new molly, as i already have a unified push environment. it looks like the migration will be a bit delicate.