Has anyone had their signal app want to auto update outside of an app store?
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I had this happen. I clicked the notification many times nothing happened. Then eventually it did. It was odd. I just wanted to make sure everything was still intact.
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This sounds like the answer. The app updates from guardian repo. I will change the update path. Say the app had well something malicious injected would a new update flush the old app and in with the brand new?
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Phew. OK. Thanks. I'd rather post and ask then be ignorant. Still unsettling.
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I've heard of Molly and read the repo. But I'm unsure how it would be more official and secure than the actual official app.
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I had the same "that's weird" reaction too. So not just you, would be good to know if it was kosher or a malware. I might have a dig now
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Signal is trying to make its APK auto updating. This way they don’t have to wait for approval from Google to apply patches that might affect security.
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Love it in theory but when I tried it out a few weeks ago calls weren't working with it. I could still receive calls on desktop but it would never ring on my mobile. So tread carefully.
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Cool. Didn't know this.
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Let me know if you find anything. Follow up. I'll check too.
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Im not really sure about the update part but Moxie itself is hesitant to release it outside of play store and signal website. Even GOS dev isnt really a fan of fdroid from what i read at GOS forum.
It really depends on youe threadt model. What im trying to say is, if youre really want to make sure. Download from signal website and let the app update it self next time. No middle man.
