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[–] 36 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Excellent! Since Signal removed SMS support there's no trusted app supporting old SMS and encrypted messaging on one UI

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  • [–] 30 points 6 days ago (8 children)

    SMS is not to be trusted because it is plain text and full of vulnerabilities.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 days ago (6 children)

    I know. But I still need it whether I want it or not.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago (5 children)

    I have a limited data plan, so the only way I can communicate when I'm not on WiFi is by good ol' fashioned text and call.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    If you're only sending text messages (no voice memos, stickers, photos or videos), you're data plan should never be an issue when using Signal.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    Data plan: if you use 1MiB by accident (even if it's your phone doing stuff by itself when "mobile data" is set to "off"), you have to pay for an entire 2GiB "emergency" pack.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    That old behavior of Signal confused what was encrypted and what isn’t.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    It really didn't. Blue messages encrypted, green not encrypted. There was nothing confusing there

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago*

    I agree, it was a huge bummer that they removed it. Their reasoning didn't quite make sense for me.

    I think a huge selling point was that it wasn't one more app to message with, you could just replace your SMS app and if your contacts also had Signal, your messages would be encrypted. Very simple proposition.

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