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Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp (www.androidpolice.com)

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[–] uis@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I disagree. When sending SMS you are leaking info like when, to whom and how big message you sent to a lot of spying agencies.

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You do that regardless of which app you use to send SMS.

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

That's why I don't use SMS at all

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago

Cool, but that's not an argument against SMS support in Signal.

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