F-Droid was mentioned in the very first comment of this thread, and all of the issues linked in github. Seems like you haven't read them, and bringing other pa

F-Droid was mentioned in the very first comment of this thread, and all of the issues linked in github. Seems like you haven't read them, and bringing other parties into the discussion seems like a distraction. > but opening the door to third party clients is opening the door for APTs to release backdoored Signal clients. Signal's source code is already public. APTs (or anyone who doesn't care about violating laws) can already produce and disseminate their own builds. There are no technical protections in place to stop them - nor do I know of any which could. The only people who can't currently distribute their own builds are the law abiding good guys trying to build secure software distributions. I'm not sure why you're confused about this, but your assertion that Signal making legal allowances for third party builds adds anything to the capabilities of APTs demonstrates a misunderstanding of what is already available and the (strictly legal) limitations Signal has placed on 3rd parties with regard to distributing independently verifiable builds. Please take some time to read and understand the github issues, instead of continuing to assert falsehoods or introduce strawmen.