Would Briar be a good alternative? https://briarproject.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

So it requires lan network? Can it work over bluetooth? Like Briar https://briarproject.org. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Some mentioned that Berty is similar to the messenger app Briar - albeit Android exclusive for now. Source: 6 months ago

Use briar. Use LineageOS without gapps (aka without Google Play Services). Obviously don't use Meta or Google apps, because that's where the backdoors are for governments. Use AppWarden to enable/disable/verify the usage of known trackers in your apps. Use NetGuard as an Android firewall. [1] https://briarproject.org/ [2] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices [3] https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AppWarden [4]... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

Briar is a messenger that can use wifi, data, or bluetooth to send messages to anyone else with the app by automatically trying whichever connection works, this can be useful if only one of these options is functioning where you are. Source: about 1 year ago

Check out https://molly.im/. It's a hardened Signal fork with one version stripping the google dependencies out of it. Push notifications work flawlessly even with battery optimization enabled. Source: about 1 year ago

The one benefit is that we now have no reason NOT to use Molly (the hardened version of Signal). Previously I didn't just because of sms. https://molly.im/. Source: about 1 year ago

Hi, you can add the repository in fdroid of a fork of signal, Molly Molly , you have a FOSS version. Source: over 1 year ago

Signal uses Curve25519, AES-256, and HMAC-SHA256 for its e2e encryption. So unless you believe those algorithms are insecure, there's no reason to think that their server setup is a compromise on your messages' security. Fear of "future decryption" applies equally to all forms of encrypted communication, regardless of which servers the messages go through. And since AES-256 is known to resist quantum computing... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I don't know if they are technically allowed but https://molly.im exists. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago