woodenskewer@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe Google messaging update looks bad. It reminded me I purchased textra a while ago.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down137file-text
arrow-up1347arrow-down1imageThe Google messaging update looks bad. It reminded me I purchased textra a while ago.lemmy.worldwoodenskewer@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
They really didn’t have to redesign a text box. Please stop reinventing the wheel. I don’t need another pop up in my life.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·11 months agoI will just drop this here: Please dont let Google also scan your Messages?
minus-squareiamnotdunningkruger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoHow do I turn this off? Google search results are of no help 🤔
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoLike this one: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoI also like Deku SMS, its basically like “Silence” which implemented the Signal Protocol for SMS, but silence is unmaintained. Both partners need to use the app to use encryption, but SMS are often accessible when cell data is used up or in areas with nearly no coveragem
minus-squaretrailblazer911@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIs there an alternative RCS App?
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoRCS is a very incomplete protocol, so the only good implementations are partly proprietary. Also it relies on centralized infrastructure afaik, and weird bureaucratical agreements with carriers. No, and it seems pretty unlikely.
I will just drop this here:
Please dont let Google also scan your Messages?
How do I turn this off? Google search results are of no help 🤔
Use a regular SMS app
Like this one: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages
I also like Deku SMS, its basically like “Silence” which implemented the Signal Protocol for SMS, but silence is unmaintained.
Both partners need to use the app to use encryption, but SMS are often accessible when cell data is used up or in areas with nearly no coveragem
Is there an alternative RCS App?
RCS is a very incomplete protocol, so the only good implementations are partly proprietary. Also it relies on centralized infrastructure afaik, and weird bureaucratical agreements with carriers.
No, and it seems pretty unlikely.