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Study examines Reddit user exodus to decentralized platform Lemmy

A research paper analyzes how changes to Reddit in 2023 prompted some users to migrate to Lemmy, a decentralized Reddit-like platform built on federated instances within the 'Fediverse.' The study situates this migration alongside earlier shifts away from centralized platforms, such as the move to Mastodon following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter.

Molly, a Signal messaging fork, goes three months without a security update

Molly, an Android fork of the Signal messenger popular for extra privacy and security features, has reportedly not received an update in roughly three months, leaving known vulnerabilities unpatched. The issue was raised in a community post warning users that the app may currently be exposed to security risks it was originally designed to avoid.