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I found an app on zap store that provided ideas for privacy centric themes, like password managers, privacy email etc
And I found one called Molly, a fork of signal
So I thought I'll give it a go, downloaded the APK and got to the part where it asks for a valid phone number
Meh, I started having second thoughts and thought I know, I'll do a search on SN to see if anything pops up
And I found this post about, how to know if it's fake molly
Then I started panicking, thinking **** I've downloaded a trojan horse 🐎
Quickly uninstalled and deleted the APK
Only to realise after some research that molly is the street name for MDMA 🤦
But the phrase still stands, be careful what you download, into your phone and into your body!!
Stay safe kids 🙏
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 21h
Most of all those apps that are promoting themselves as "privacy" oriented are in fact malware.
The question you should ask yourself is: do you really need signal?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taj OP 19h
True
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @ftc 22h
Yeah even the real Molly (or Signal) app isn't safe, it offers no protection if you wish to avoid mixing your identity between groups (eg friends, family, work)
You can also have your phone number doxxed through probing, and hence your physical location and movement history (if you don't use a burner number)
Simplex is faaaar better (but doesn't work on multiple devices)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taj OP 21h
Yes I just use white noise and keychat atm
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kayzone 23h
Thanks so much for this update, so many Trojan Horse Virus/Hacker links is all over the web now pretending to be an APK download link.
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