Signal Desktop is corrupting its database

Re:Signal Desktop is corrupting its database by vageli on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:52AM (#26294186)

> Incorporate SMS (with a red background or something obvious that the chat is insecure), incorporate backup, and just fully embrace being a messaging app. If they do that they'll make the world universally more secure because it will increase adoption 100 fold. I'll have a lot easier time convincing my dad to use signal if I don't have to try to walk him through "well when you're texting grandma, use this app, and when you're texting me, use this app".

You can already use SMS from within the Signal app on mobile. On desktop it makes sense that there is no SMS feature, unless you want to use the desktop client to send SMS from your phone (like Android messaging), or you want Signal to operate an SMS gateway?

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Re:Signal Desktop is corrupting its database by omnimus on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:04AM (#26294273)

Signal already does SMS on Android but on iOS thats forbidden so you can't replace SMS app. Quite convenient for Apple because same SMS app by default supports their imessages :))

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Re:Signal Desktop is corrupting its database by tw04 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:06AM (#26294288)

Unfortunately you can't send SMS from Signal in the iOS version of the app. And yes, I also want to be able to send an SMS from my desktop through my phone (like android messaging or imessage).

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007321171-Ca...

Sure, iOS doesn't allow you to intercept SMS but others have already figured out how to work around this by assigning a virtual phone number.

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