mollyim/mollyim-android
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A fork of Signal for Android with passphrase lock. - mollyim/mollyim-android

Molly is a hardened version of the official Signal for Android app. It claims the following features,

  • Protects database with passphrase encryption
  • Locks down the app automatically after you go a certain time without unlocking your device
  • Securely shreds sensitive data from RAM
  • Allows you to delete contacts and stop sharing your profile
  • Clears call notifications together with expiring messages
  • Disables debug logs
  • No SMS integration

There are two flavors of it,

  • Molly - Similar to the official Signal app, plus the additional features
  • Molly-FOSS - Doesn’t rely on any Google components for location, push notifications & face blurring, plus all the additional features

Download it from here.

I’ve been using it for a couple of days & it is pretty decent so far.

Anyone here already tried or are using it? How’s the experience so far?

  • @dengismceo
    3•3 years ago

    i’m confused by this statement in the readme:

    Back in 2018…But this option was removed with the introduction of full-disk encryption on Android.

    android doesn’t use FDE - it uses file-based encryption (FBE). it used to use FDE but hasn’t since android 9. my point being that FDE existed first and has been phased out so it already existed in 2018 and was introduced waaaay earlier. so is this a typo in the readme or am i totally missing something?

    • Rugged RaccoonOP
      1•3 years ago

      Yeah, that’s a bit bugging. Checking Signal commits could give a clear idea about this.