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Signal on F-droid Guardian Repo (lemmy.today)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 20 hours ago

You can also install directly from Signal via Obtainium. https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/

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