I just noticed today that Signal (not talking Molly) is now available on F-Droid via the “Guardian” repository.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
I just noticed today that Signal (not talking Molly) is now available on F-Droid via the “Guardian” repository.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
It’s probably not an official thing. F-Droid can’t distribute apps in the official repo via their own policy if developer doesn’t agree. Third-party repos like Guardian can.
Can confirm, the repository was Guardian Project
I know, it even says so in the post:
Haha it would help if I could read 🤣
If it’s not official, how do you verify who is building the binary?
I think they ship prebuilt binaries, i.e. the exact same ones you find on the Signal website
AFAIK this also applies to Tor Browser, Orbot and other third-party apps distributed by Guardian
Thanks for doing this!
Takes like 2 minutes 😅
You have quite a bit of background knowledge to know how to do that though, you should give yourself more credit!
Thanks, I mean I used to work as a Java developer before, and I’m quite interested in the Android platform, so I’m familiar with the SDK and build tools, and know how app signatures work
But it’s really not that hard to figure out. There are countless guides on the internet, and as I said, Signal even has a quick guide for how to verify the APK signature on the download page