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Re:A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random ... by AFNobody on Monday July 02, 2018 @11:59PM (#17447398)
SMS and phone calls were never secure.
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Re:A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random ... by ikeboy on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @12:31AM (#17447537)
SMS and phone calls should never let the server see every file on your device, or every image
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Re:A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random ... by DINKDINK on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:06AM (#17447681)
>SMS and phone calls should never let the server see every file on your device,

That may be the case but the bug could still be on the server side:

  Carol the Client: Hi Steve, will you send this photo to 111-1111?

  Steve the Server: Hi Carol, I've sent your photo to 555-5555
Unless you encrypt the data to your recipient's client-side held key, the opportunity for the server to err and data leak, persists.
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Re:A bug in Samsung’s default texting app is sending random ... by breakingcups on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @05:19AM (#17448648)
That doesn't explain the case where all photos on the phone were silently sent to a contact.
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