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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Signal on the Google play store isn't FOSS but it facilitates the delivery of notifications to the user. The protocol itself is open source and notifications are handled securely even with Google play services on the phone. If you want a FOSS version, use the APK on their website, it has an auto updater.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use molly because it has a F-droid repo and is more trustworthy in my mind

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Sorry, but an external repo added to F-Droid does nothing for your security. Even proprietary garbage can be on F-Droid as an added repo.