I’m happy to announce the first stable release of Molly, the hardened version of Signal for Android!

Take a look at the highlights for this version on the releases page in GitHub, and check out the README for more information.

Molly has unique security features compared to Signal, especially helpful to protect your privacy in case your smartphone is stolen or searched. As a former computer forensic analyst, I have been researching on how to circumvent smartphone forensics, and Molly’s hardlock is the outcome of this work.

To those who might grumble about advocating anti-forensic, just look around and find out the huge list of legitimate and non-criminal reasons to use these techniques — for example, to protect ourselves against the actions of oppressive regimes, to prevent corporate espionage, or simply on grounds of principle and ideology.

I would also want to thank all people who helped me to test it thoroughly

If you would like to report a bug, please open an issue on GitHub.

Cheers!