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PSA: For those who want signal on secondary phone, use molly. (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Recently discovered this. Molly supports link with existing device just like on signal desktop. It even has benefit of getting entire chat history unlike signal desktop. Just restore the signal backup file during setup and then click link with existing device. Then scan with you primary phone. Beauty of open source. Molly: https://molly.im/

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[–] zShxck@lemmy.ml 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm using molly for several months now it is really nice but recently I dive myself in XMPP and it is superior to molly/signal just because XMPP servers are auditable amd you can actually see if the server is using encryption or not while signal servers are closed source unfortunately, it's their only flaw

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The signal source code is open source, it is hard to prove that the servers are running the source code that's published, and we know they have admitted to having source code they don't publish for anti-spam purposes.

But you could take the signal server source code and stand up your own signal servers today.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The Signal protocol is built in a way where you don't have to trust the server. The servers could be run by the NSA, it wouldn't matter. Especially now that the Signal protocol uses post-quantum cryptography.

[–] ris@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Nah, some parts are build in a way where you have to trust the server for no reason. Sealed sender, Not to make a mitm if you just trust the keys and not validate them