[Feature Request specific to this Signal-JW]

[pixincreate]

A feature-request that is related to WhatsApp and Signal App bridging.
Everything is detailed in points from below.

• I got inspired from this¹ and this².
• We all know that WhatsApp(WhatsCrap) is closed source and doesn't allow bridging easily.
• However, it does allow notifications that can be read without opening.
• So, my thought is that every time you receive a message on WhatsApp, either read it from notification or add a compatibility with ¹(mentioned above).
• Open a new chat with Name "WhatsApp received" or whatever but it has to start with the word "WhatsApp" for better identification along with its logo, and throw the message over there in the way that is mentioned in ¹ and upon quoting reply, it has to send reply to that specific chat.
• If sending messages through notification panel, the app will have to be given the access to Notification Access in the device settings.
• And another thing is that, adding in-app update to update this app without visiting the website everytime to check for update.

[johanw666]

Sorry but writing a bridge like that is out of scope of this project. It would not protect your messages in transit any better because WA would have the metadata already.

About the updates, since you have a Github account you can watch this project and send notifications when there is a new release. It will then send an email to you.

[pixincreate]

@johanw666

Sorry but writing a bridge like that is out of scope of this project. It would not protect your messages in transit any better because WA would have the metadata already.

That's sad. But ok, I can agree with the first part. I just wanted that feature for convenience, lol.

About the updates, since you have a Github account you can watch this project and send notifications when there is a new release. It will then send an email to you.

However, regarding the in-app updates, it's really a frustrating job to constantly check for updates everyday. Instead, you can implement it directly from Molly.im which is also a hardened version fork of Signal itself and is already implemented in his beta releases..

Is it possible to add the proper read receipts? What I meant to say is that, Signal as of now IMO has the worst info page. Meaning, you get the deliver message, but when read, it doesn't show the time of reading the message. Instead we get to see the stuff that has to be for group chats.
Example:

deliver time: 16:49:24
read time: 18:01:55

Instead of traditional

Delivered to: 06:37:24

Upon reading,

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