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?

    thor If you want to use SMS, well I’d say it’s safer to stick to the stock SMS app because:

    1. Silence hasn’t been updated since 2019
    2. F-Droid comes with its own security problems (see this PrivSec’s article)
    3. 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.
    4. By installing Silence you increase your attack surface unnecessarily.