thor Is it save to use the " Silence" Application for SMS (from F-Droid), or should I stick with the SMS Application that came with Graphene OS?
boarim thor If you want to use SMS, well I’d say it’s safer to stick to the stock SMS app because: Silence hasn’t been updated since 2019 F-Droid comes with its own security problems (see this PrivSec’s article) Silence encryption features only work if your contact has Silence installed as well. From a user-friendly perspective, it’s the same to ask her/him to use Signal instead, and you’ll get much better security and privacy out of it. By installing Silence you increase your attack surface unnecessarily.