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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by adamtaylor_13 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:12AM (#39455631)
Hmm… Does signal only really work when everyone uses it? Or can you include people who are just using regular SMS?
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by temp0826 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:25AM (#39455828)
I don't think any app besides iMessage can even get permission to read SMS on iOS, there are no alternative message apps I'm aware of like with android.
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by Jtsummers on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:19AM (#39455730)
Only Signal users. The Android app used to work with SMS/MMS until a couple years ago.
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by bebopfunk on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:26PM (#39457498)
It used to have SMS support but they yanked it maybe a year or so ago. The big issue on the user end was, if someone deleted Signal and you used Signal for your SMS, it would keep sending them signal messages and not SMS. So you were left not realizing you were texting essentially a dead number.
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by JoshTriplett on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:13PM (#39461856)
...much like iMessage.
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by crtasm on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:03PM (#39462688)
It didn't show the icon for the message status, same as any other signal message?
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by issafram on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:44PM (#39457751)
The regular SMS/MMS feature was removed and for good reason. Many people cried about it but it was the right call. Messages would not be E2EE and people could easily think all messages sent through Signal are safe when they weren't.
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