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  • Signal alternative for SMS now they want to drop its support

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thompson "GOS Messenger" is just an AOSP messaging app. You can look for FOSS messaging apps on F-Droid, but if you don't care about the app being FOSS, use Google Messages because it supports RCS (which allows for E2EE messaging) and the app is modern too.

thompson

If you're hoping to find a non-google app for SMS, you might interested in QKSMS.

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    Graphite What about 476 open issues?

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    Why do my comments need approval? What's happening?

    (It seems that the number is triggering this approval)

      [deleted] It something about '476 open issues' that is triggering the automoderator with a false positive. I have approved your posts for now and will report this behaviour to the members of the GrapheneOS team who have control of the automoderator.

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        [deleted] it must be either your day off work today or your main job, I don't know which one.

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          Yeah, agreed that QKSMS is a problematic app for that reason. (There was some activity on their "pre-release" on Jan 16th 2023, but I agree that it's not too promising)

          One thing I struggled with though - is an out of date SMS app really all that much worse than the SMS protocol itself? My understanding is that the SMS protocol is so badly vulnerable / compromisable that using it at all is a huge security vulnerability, regardless of the app.

          My position is: I'm unwilling to abstain from using SMS entirely (too many contacts use it exclusively, I don't have the social capital to cut those off or make them switch to Signal), I dislike the AOSP messenger aesthetics, and I hope to avoid using google software on principle.

          Given those, I chose QKSMS because it seemed to be the "lesser of the evils".

          I have not tried @thompson's other recommendations though (Molly, Partisan, Simple SMS).

          I'd be open to trying other apps / rethinking my approach too.

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            [deleted] don't take things to seriously please, that's all.

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              zzz One thing I struggled with though - is an out of date SMS app really all that much worse than the SMS protocol itself? My understanding is that the SMS protocol is so badly vulnerable / compromisable that using it at all is a huge security vulnerability, regardless of the app.

              Using Google Messages with RCS is the way. At least you get E2EE encryption.

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                [deleted] Are we talking about me being confused about why some of my comments needed approval? (Which is because of that number.)

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                  [deleted] don't take it the wrong way mate, I like you. But you've made 52 posts so far today and there must must be a reason for that.

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                    [deleted] If I'm not hyperactive on this forum, then I'm on a different one. There were times when I would be quite active on Matrix, but I don't really like it because there are just too many things going on at once, and it's just messy for me, so I prefer forums.
                     
                    This one is my favorite one because I love GrapheneOS project. It's not my day off today and this is not my job unfortunately. (If GrapheneOS needs volunteer moderators from Eastern Europe, then I'm available. I can go through a tryout to prove myself.) 😀

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                    Not to be off topic but I had the same thing happen to me when I posted about an issue in a os release thread . I had a number then the word issue.
                    Wasn't sure if this was on purpose or not .

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                      Skyway This is probably because comments by spam bots usually contain numbers.

                      n00b

                      This has no releases yet, at least as far as I can tell. Looks like the project is abandoned to me.

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                        Max-Zorin Not only that, but I wouldn't use a Signal fork by a random guy, especially if I'm using the same app for communicating over Signal.