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Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 1 story, 18 comments · first 2021-01-12 · latest 2025-11-28

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  1. https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/285650e38613... I'm pretty unconvinced that this is a sane or useful thing to do.
    comment by IshKebab · 2025-11-28 · in Molly: An Improved Signal App
  2. …are being archived if someone is just taking pictures of their phone with another device. [1] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by zitterbewegung · 2025-05-05 · in Technical analysis of the Signal clone used by Trump officials
  3. …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]…
    comment by Cyphase · 2025-03-29 · in NSA F9T53 Opsec Special Bulletin: Signal Vulnerability
  4. …to their ordinary workflows with e2ee messaging on an android-based smartphone. https://molly.im/ https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by anonym29 · 2025-03-06 · in Buy European Made. Support European Values
  5. …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
    comment by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t · 2025-02-19 · in Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger
  6. …I'm assuming you're on an iPhone because Android supports backup. If you are Android, see Molly: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android > Telegram strikes a good balance, and wins at the UI/UX game. Telegram gets the "lol" because it's…
    comment by godelski · 2024-10-21 · in Concerns raised over Bitwarden moving further away from open source
  7. You can with Molly[0], which is a much better client and a great team behind it. [0] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by handedness · 2024-08-28 · in Interview with Signal President Meredith Whittaker
  8. You may be able to install something like https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android in the EU ... eventually.
    comment by laktak · 2024-02-20 · in Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
  9. …with Android [1]. If your second device in an Android, you can already use it now with [Molly]( https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android ). Also, WhatsApp recently added this feature, so the expectations from potential new users who…
    comment by imkh · 2024-02-20 · in Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
  10. There are quite a few forks that connects directly to the Signal servers, [Molly]( https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android ) being the most well-known I believe. From my understanding, they're not a fan of it (not sure if it's…
    comment by imkh · 2024-02-20 · in Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
  11. …has been working to get UP support added to Molly, a fork of Signal for Android. https://molly.im/ https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/pull/152
    comment by seizethegdgap · 2022-12-22 · in UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
  12. …probably about time. S1m made an interesting implementation for the (compatible) Signal fork Molly: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/pull/152 The implementation is quite interesting: it adds a linked device that does not receive…
    comment by MayeulC · 2022-12-22 · in UnifiedPush: A decentralized, open-source push notification protocol
  13. …reasons one of their changes was dropping SMS, so switching to it won't do you any good there. [1]: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by _emacsomancer_ · 2022-10-12 · in Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
  14. The Molly[1] fork of Signal already removed SMS support. [1]: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by _emacsomancer_ · 2022-10-12 · in Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
  15. There are third party apps that connect to Signal's servers such as Molly. https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by newpseudonymn · 2022-08-30 · in Telegram is asking German users when to share information with law enforcement
  16. …every thing else a lot easier. For example, there is a Signal fork that supports such operation: * https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by upofadown · 2021-11-30 · in FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]
  17. The issue was branding, not bandwidth. There’re 3rd party clients: https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android
    comment by mercacona · 2021-03-15 · in Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon
  18. …import from WhatsApp, then backup/restore without having to do the uninstall/reinstall dance. [1] https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25743852
    comment by andreareina · 2021-01-12 · in Signal Fork with WhatsApp Migration