Standardwaste Thank you, I'll check it out.
SMS app dark mode
grapheine the app is great. Thanks!
MetropleX After testing out Simple SMS it is now my default texting app.
Maybe consider Signal.
Signal is going to remove SMS funcionality from the app. Simple SMS currently seems to be the best option. Would however be nice if the native messaging app supported dark mode, but I under stand things take time
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themaestr0 the 'time' you'll be waiting for it just as an FYI will be dictated by AOSP not GrapheneOS.
Visual/Theme elements not specific across the OS are out of scope for our core dev team, when the goal posts are constantly moving regards tech privacy/security their eyes must remain on the ball in that field of play.
We do however appreciate little QoL improvements like this but for them to be achievable while also being maintained and so forth will require increased funding etc.
If all GrapheneOS users donated even the smallest amount via any of the options mentioned https://grapheneos.org/donate the sky would be the limit. It isn't the size of donations that is most important small regular amounts would enable the project to do so much more.
We appreciate everyone regardless however, just hope you can appreciate why such things aren't always addressed or as quick/given the priority some would like.
For people using Simple SMS, are you having issues with it? I am, so I went to Github and found something (in Issues) posted by a fellow GrapheneOS user:
https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/issues/380
This also describes the issue I'm having with it - older messages load slow, and you can't search older messages.
I have used Partisan SMS (an updated and encypted QKSMS fork) and did not have the same problem I had with Simple SMS.
https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS
Currently I'm using Textra with network and a few other permissions removed - no problems with that either.
Max-Zorin Whatever you do, do NOT trust Partisan SMS for encryption! They're using symmetric key encryption and default to use of a global key shared with all contacts. This is obviously a horribly dangerous approach since if ANY contact using that global key is compromised, or if the key is observed during transfer, communications to ALL contacts with that key will be compromised.
What they should be doing is using public key encryption, which allows for the public keys to be exchanged over unsecure mediums, and eliminates the possibility of having one compromised contact compromising other contacts.
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MetropleX It is my impression that this has bubbled to the surface because so many of us were / are Signal users, that are experimenting with different SMS messaging apps now that Signal has announced it will be dropping support for SMS soon.
Although I would obviously prefer to message 100% encrypted, at least in the USA, unencrypted SMS is used by a large percentage of organizations for 2FA, as ridiculous as this is in light of the lack of encryption. I recently shifted my default SMS app to the stock GOS messaging app, but still use Signal for my communication where the other party is a Signal user.
Since I work third shift, a significant amount of my waking hours occur when a white background is somewhat harsh on the eyes, thus my desire to see GOS Messaging allow for dark mode.
An incidentally, based on another post not too long ago, I recently became a monthly donor to GOS. While the few dollars I can give on a monthly basis are not going to help much by itself, I second your appeal for everyone here to step up and donate what they can. This is an awesome OS, and we all need to do what we can to support it.
Kamaehuakanaloa so many of us were / are Signal users
I am indeed one of those users and have my own disagreements with the decision as I guess many of us do. I also very much appreciate why there is/where it is coming from regards the feedback and responses to the stock AOSP app.
All I can say is that in reference to your regular donation on behalf of the project, thankyou for helping to continue to drive the project forward.
VRojd Any that you prefer, as long as you go into it knowing that unless it is encrypted using competent mechanisms, it is effectively sent in plain text.
A bug report was filed for Partisan SMS's encryption scheme, and its pretty clear from the response that the author of that software is NOT competent for dealing with cryptography.
GrapheneOS has released dark mode for the stock
messaging app. Thank you team!