ISIshKebab·Nov 28, 2025
https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/285650e38613...
I'm pretty unconvinced that this is a sane or useful thing to do.
In Molly: An Improved Signal Appmollyim
mollyim-android
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mollyim / mollyim-android
mollyim-android
Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.
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What it is
Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesMolly is a fork of signal that is allowed to access Signals APIs and their APIs are much more open than any other similar service [1] . Signal is not really designed for communicating with people that you don't know in real life such that you can be beyond suspicion that they would be archiving messages but it is basically impossible to monitor if your conversations are being archived if someone is just taking pictures of their phone with another device.
[1] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
In Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officialsApologies for the mistake. I'm running a Signal fork called Molly[0]; the feature I mentioned seems to be unique to that fork, based on a search of the code.
However, it shows that the data is being provided to the client by the server, in some way. This is a guess, but it may be because sending clients have to encrypt with a key for each device.
Here's the code:
https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/26403ab1806a...
https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/26403ab1806a...
[0] https://molly.im/
[0] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
In NSA F9T53 Opsec Special Bulletin: Signal VulnerabilityNot if you're using Molly-FOSS, which strips all Google integrations down to a shared library level. UnifiedPush instead of Firebase. OSM for location sharing instead of GMaps. There are de-googled AOSP-based mobile OS's such as GrapheneOS that can be used with Molly-FOSS as well.
It's not necessarily the perfect end goal, but for those who are at an earlier phase of their privacy journey, GrapheneOS + Molly-FOSS is a massive improvement over stock Android + stock Signal, while maintaining a relatively minimal disruption to their ordinary workflows with e2ee messaging on an android-based smartphone.
https://molly.im/
https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
In Buy European Made. Support European ValuesThere is still Molly as a fork, but no idea how hardened it actually is.
After Moxie's statement at the time I kind of ditched everything regarding Signal's ecosystem. I understand the business perspective of it, but it's kind of pointless trying to say this is open source when it's illegal to press the Fork button on GitHub, you know.
https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
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