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Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by dustfinger on Thursday February 13, 2020 @05:50AM (#22316733)
Yes, if the words "secure communication" in all lower case appear anywhere in the message, then the message won't be delivered. There can even be text appended to the beginning and end of the words [0]. i.e. foosecure communicationbar will also not be received. However; there must be exactly one blank space between the words.

Having said that, this is not working for everyone. I am trying to gather data on this to figure out where the issue might stem from. Would you be comfortable disclosing the make/model and carrier service of the sender and receiver. If you would prefer, you may contact me directly with this information and I won't include your identity in the record. My email is linked in the header of the blog post. I also have a public key [2] if you feel so inclined to send me a secure communication :-P

[0] https://bloggerbust.ca/post/text-messages-are-being-censored...

[1] https://bloggerbust.ca/about/#my-public-key

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Re:US says it can prove Huawei has backdoor access to mobile... by Peenemunde on Monday February 17, 2020 @01:06PM (#22349349)
Message is not delivered between Koodo -> Koodo, secure commmunication (using 3 m) won't be delivered as well.
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