When not using Google Play services (e.g. #GrapheneOS, #LineageOS users), #Signal can be a real battery drain. @mollyim with @unifiedpush on the other hand is extremely battery efficient.
Here's how to set this up, using #Nextcloud as the UnifiedPush provider: kroon.email/site/en/posts/moll…
Using Molly (Signal) with UnifiedPush
I finally started using Molly to send and receive messages via Signal. Molly is a hardened fork of Signal for Android, offering features such as an encrypted message database, automatic locking, shredding no longer needed secrets from RAM, notificati…Guido Kroon
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in reply to 0bs1d1an • • •It's a pity Molly can't do UP directly (eg through SunUp, xmpp, or whatever) as other apps do.
Wonder if that's on the to do list?
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Unknown parent • • •@daniel
Yes, I was thinking without MollySocket.
I was thinking, for example, of how it is done by apps like Tusky and Element X. I can install SunUp or Conversations and UP works as if by magic.
Perhaps I don't understand the process well enough.
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Unknown parent • • •@daniel
Ah, OK. I had just assumed that the client app interacted directly with another UP app such as SunUp or Conversations.
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Unknown parent • • •@daniel
And am I right in understanding that MollySocket needs to run on a separate machine? It doesn't exist as an Android app?
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