Thanks, I love Signal, but can we get Android tablet linking?
Molly has it.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
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What's Molly in this context?
A hardened Signal fork that works with Signal's servers and adds features I like that Signal doesn't support.
TIL. Thank you!
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Do they allow you to use it without a phone number yet?
Yes. For quite a while now.
Not when I created one a week or two ago. Still requested a phone number before moving to the next step.
Might be dependent on location?
Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you were asking if they had usernames that could be used in lieu of a phone number as a contact.
Yeah looks like you still need a number to sign up for an account :(
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Yay Signal!
Holy shit no way, basic functionality needed at absolutely all times, in my signal? More likely than you think!
Kudos to the Devs! Maybe time to give this app another shot!
Original announcement: https://signal.org/blog/a-synchronized-start-for-linked-devices/
Blogs like these drive me fucking crazy: there's a primary source out there, why not just link to that at the end of your (evidently pointless) opinion piece?
It's almost like they know their commentary isn't adding anything and they're worried we'll click away immediately.
Maybe OP is following said blog and got their info from there, then thought that it might be worth sharing?
I'm not harping on OP. If they thought it was worth sharing, great.
The people whom I take umbrage with are those who make a blog post that is reporting on a public announcement (E.g. Signal's news post on their website) without linking to said announcement.
You're not talking about world events with your reporter on the scene - your entire post is literally "someone else posted something to the internet!"; linking to it is the bare minimum required, if you ask me.