Why “molly” is being discussed
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They do not support Android tablets as a second device. Molly is the only choice. It is why I stopped my annual contributions to them.
by SomeHacker44 · Oct 31, 2026
I have the opposite use case where I need to have two Signal accounts on a single phone. Having Molly alongside the official Signal app was always the solution, but I wish Signa…
by m4r71n · Oct 31, 2026
You can totally fork their projects! You just can't call yours "Signal" (trademark I guess?) and you can't connect to their servers. Molly seems to be tolerated, somehow? Maybe…
by palata · Oct 31, 2026
I have been a signal user from very early on, converted most of my family and quite a few friends. I did use Molly to register my second phone (just found I can do that with sig…
by cycomanic · Oct 31, 2026
That has been my main reason for Molly as well. Good they finally understood that people might be using more than 1 phone.
by cycomanic · Oct 31, 2026
That article only mentions iPhones, for which Molly was never an option anyway. But, apparently Android is also supported: https://aboutsignal.com/news/signa…
by FreakyT · Oct 31, 2026
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