It's time to stop using SMS, here's why!

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah sure, just tell that to literally everyone I know.

  Oh and while you’re at it, tell them not to use any of the most popular chat apps like WhatsApp and iMessage.

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  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And don’t forget that when those apps eventually die, or the company behind them goes sour, you have to switch EVERYTHING again, and hope that everyone you know does, too.

    This has NEVER been an issue with SMS. So for all the bad, it does one thing really well: convenience.

    As much as I’d love to move to a secure message platform, this definitely falls into the “more trouble than it’s worth” category, and that’s disappointing.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In many cases those apps are not necessarily tied to any specific service. That’s why many prefer federated FOSS services.

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  • PagPag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I know some have concerns about iMessage, should Apple go complete evil…but I wouldn’t say it’s in the same league as the other two.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My only concern is that you can’t use it without licking Apple’s boots.

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  • Comment105@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Just get them on a friends and family plan on IKmsngr.tx it’s much cheaper than any phone plan and you can get an extension for calls including video calls as well.

    The website has the app, you need to sideload it but it’s very easy. The voice and video extension is on github, linked in the IK Msngr FAQ.

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• abominable_panda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tell banks that still use it a MFA that

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  • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Don’t use that bank. Why are you staying with a bank that has terrible security practices?

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    • abominable_panda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I didn’t say anything about who I bank with or that I use banks that uses these practises. Calm down

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    • ReloadPhawPhaw@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Use Monero, no bank at all lol

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    • Slax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t have any other option unless it’s downloading their shitty app for MFA.

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• Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is there a solution for people who want to use something like rcs but won’t download Google Messages? I can’t get everyone I know to switch to something like Signal and I won’t use Google apps

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  • Anonymouse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I researched this a little while ago. The new protocol is licensed by Google and has not been released to the public. Also, unless everyone in the middle supports the protocol, messages are routed through Google’s network.

    I settled on Signal for people who will switch and SMS for the rest. I do plug Signal when I can, like sending images between Apple & Android are degraded, but not on Signal.

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What human being has sent an SMS message in the last decade? Obviously I’m being a bit facetious, but seriously I don’t think I’ve sent a text since mobile internet stopped being pay-per-MB and the only ones I receive are automated.

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  • furrowsofar@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My plan still is pay per MB. So yes, of course I use SMS. Besides, what alternative is there? No one has the same apps.

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wow, surprised anywhere still offers that. Is it normal for your country or just a particularly good deal for you?

      what alternative is there? No one has the same apps

      Use any of the alternatives depending on who you need to message. Most of the people I want to message are on Signal and I still have WhatsApp for the rest.

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• Melody@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For some concerning reason; Fwy can’t even find the YouTube version of this video without manually concatenating the video ID to the watch page of fwy’s personal invidious instance. Please, make sure the video is searchable if it’s intended to be live.

  redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=B9BWXvn-rB4

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  • 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yes, the link on the site has a typo at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9BWXvn-rB4s. Seems like YouTube will correct it automatically though, which is probably why it wasn’t caught.

    (Besides, if you don’t want to use YT, why not go with the PeerTube one?)

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• Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Folks, it being hard to get people to switch from SMS to a more secure messaging platform is not a critique of the video.

  Everyone knows its hard, its why videos like this that explain the benefits in simple terms is a useful tool.

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