cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/ysk/p/1503393/ysk-molly-signal-fork-has-not-been-updated-since-3-months-and-is-vulnerable-to-attacks-f
As of now, Molly lastest release was in 31 July (Version v8.19.2-4).
It contains vulnerabilities that had been simply fixed in mainline Signal.
Take for example the latest exploit disclosed in October, it has been fixed in Signal 8.27. 1. Meanwhile Molly remains vulnerable.
It’s currently recommended to use mainline Signal and delete Molly till they at least return to updating their app adequately, if they ever will.
Why run Molly when Signal is right there? Is this about getting it via places other than the Play store?
That and unified push (although I didn’t get that to work yet) are my main selling point, yes. I seriously don’t understand how signal is only on the PlayStore
As a Android developer who has an app in the Play store as well as in f-droid, I’ll be the first to say that the f-droid people make it an absolute pain to put things there. I’ve almost stopped pushing there because of how annoying it is. My app went 3 months without being updated there because of how they manage things. They are way way way way. Way too frustrating to deal with.
So yeah I’m not surprised. A lot of stuff is not there. I support the concept and it was my main goal to put it there, but they have radically changed my opinion about using it and anyone who refuses to use an app because it’s not there. Should try publish in there sometime
