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Parakeet app makes Tor privacy protection mandatory

Original: What if a Signal-based messenger made privacy protections mandatory instead of optional? Meet Parakeet, an open-source A

A developer has introduced Parakeet, an open-source Android messaging app built as a fork of Molly, which itself is based on Signal. Unlike Signal, Parakeet makes privacy features compulsory rather than optional: all traffic is routed through Tor via Orbot, and users cannot disable this in the app. Early reactions online focus on whether forcing anonymity features by default offers better protection than leaving them as settings.

Why now: Privacy-conscious users are discussing a new messenger that removes the choice to turn off Tor routing.

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• What if a Signal-based messenger made privacy protections mandatory instead of optional? Meet Parakeet, an open-source Android fork of Molly, itself based on Signal. It takes a different approach to privacy: 🔹Tor via Orbot is mandatory and cannot be disabled in the app.… · Sans_Google@mastox.eu · 8

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