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Re:Signal Desktop by caf on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:02AM (#10667850)
Why do your friends care about the underlying transport?

I too think SMS transport should have been maintained, but I believe it only really matters when you're stuck without mobile data access (for example, when I was on a cruise ship earlier this year I had roaming SMS/voice but not data).

As long as you _do_ have mobile data access at both ends, then a message to another TextSecure user will be sent encrypted over the data connection; and a message to a non-TextSecure user wouldn't have been encrypted anyhow.

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Re:Signal Desktop by toothbrush on Thursday December 03, 2015 @07:45AM (#10669256)
I am farting in a thunderstorm, since this argument has been had a million times. Nevertheless, i will explain why i personally worry about the transport. Perhaps the other commenter has different reasons, i don't know.

I currently pay €2 per month for my mobile bill. That is very little money. Notably, that includes no internet/data, but it does include unlimited text messages. Can you see why SMSSecure is something i would want?

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Re:Signal Desktop by dTal on Monday December 07, 2015 @11:46AM (#10690568)
Because most people I know keep their data switched off most of the time, which will always be the case as long as apps are abusive about phoning home.
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