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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by speedgoose on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:53PM (#22330289)
Signal isn't on F-Droid, which is a red flag IMHO. It looks like they don't allow non official builds on their servers.
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by apodysophilia on Friday February 14, 2020 @04:32PM (#22330611)
They have the APK available from their website[1] and they have reproducible builds[2].

[1] https://signal.org/android/apk/

[2] https://signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by nelblu on Friday February 14, 2020 @05:50PM (#22331213)
I have wondered the same. I use both fdroid and signal, but never really understood why signal isn't on fdroid. Can anyone please comment?
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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by snazz on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:23PM (#22331457)
https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/bwuudc/why_isnt_sig...
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