Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months and is vulnerable

Re:Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months an... by throwaway89201 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @07:19AM (#50314974)

Someone in that thread notes that when you install the Signal APK from here [1] it "doesn’t get updates tho", but this isn't the case. Signal will update itself; you get a notification to update. Often earlier than the Play Store, probably due to its reputation to randomly delay updates.

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

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Re:Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months an... by AAAAaccountAAAA on Saturday October 31, 2026 @08:56AM (#50315770)

Yes, it notifies of updates (once it did wake me up in the middle of the night), but last time I checked, it does not update itself automatically. Obtanium works, though, but a bigger issue is the extreme power drainage of the websocket.

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Re:Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months an... by sebtron on Saturday October 31, 2026 @09:10AM (#50315878)

Signal sends you a notification that says "new version available, tap here to update", but tapping it never did anything for me. I have to re-download the apk their website every time there is an update.

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Re:Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months an... by nicce on Saturday October 31, 2026 @12:12PM (#50317454)

If using GrapheneOS, you need to give permission to write/install packages.

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Re:Molly(Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months an... by nicce on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:11AM (#50316884)

Yeah. Installed Signal as raw apk in GrapheneOS and you just need to open it to install the update. It does not update automatically in background. But anyway, works.

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