Molly advertises itself as a “hardened version of Signal,” & its FOSS variant is the same without proprietary dependencies. TwinHelix’s FOSS Signal fork goes further, adding OSM support instead of GMaps. Are these forks trustworthy, & are they worth using for added security compared to mainline?

  • My reference is regarding signal removing SMS and how ~75% of my messaging is SMS. If signal still offered SMS, it would make having others switch much much easier. I do use a security and privacy based VOIP service for sms and calls currently. But the moves I make are almost always much more than my friends are willing to do.

    • @beeng@discuss.tchncs.de
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      011 months ago

      How are they switching if they’re still using SMS? Get them to install signal is getting them to install signal…

      • Chaotic Entropy
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        11 months ago

        At the point they can use Signal SMS for everyone else, but direct Signal for you, in the same app, you’ve effectively converted them.