Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
by xcdzvyn on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:38PM
(#33179480)
I fear Signal will follow their recent trend of ignoring unanimous user-base complaints a la Mobilecoin, fdroid, and third-party clients.
Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
by fyvhbhn on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:46PM
(#33179591)
... phone number use, lack of interoperability, keeping server source closed when it fits
Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
by autoexec on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:33PM
(#33181908)
That ship sailed a long time ago. Signal's userbase overwhelmingly objected to having their sensitive information permanently stored in the cloud too, but signal ignored them.
https://community.signalusers.org/t/dont-want-pin-dont-want-...
Even when security concerns were brought up:
https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-secu...
I hope it's communicated well to users who aren't readers of Signal's blog. I have relatives who use Signal, and they rely on its fallback-to-SMS feature, possibly without fully understanding it. I'll make sure they understand and are aware of this change, but others may be in the same position.