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Yep, the rest of the world has moved on. Olm already provides what Signal protocol did and the app itself is now useless to many. Signal app itself still can't run on Android Open Source, because it forces centralised metadata collection on the user via Google Play Store and GCM. Installing Google privacy-invading bloatware, is a prerequisite, which also further requires you to destroy your phone's security model bec…
Just a few clarifications: * Olm isn't a replacement for 'Signal protocol' - it's just an independent (Apache license) implementation of the same 'double ratchet' cryptographic ratchet that Signal protocol uses under the hood for generating message keys. * Megolm provides the higher layer semantics for using Olm for group conversations in Matrix, and diverges significantly from Signal Protocol as far as I know. * The…
It requires signature spoofing.
(i.e. security to be broken in various ways. Opens it up to all sorts of other attacks, plus to even install, forces rooting the device, or running Xposed, or applying dodgy kernel hacks and prevents using verified boot, which is a sensible security requirement).
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki