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.

  • Consti@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    So use Obtainium? It’s no worse than f-droid or wherever you get Molly from

    Edit: The page just fetches https://updates.signal.org/android/latest.json, which contains a link to the APK you want to download, so you can feed that to any periodic update service you want