For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that allow mobile devices to send and transmit messages, and most people picking up their phone to text...
Now Signal announced they’re stopping SMS support for Android, what are your alternatives?
Use Silence. It’s been working for me all these years and still does. https://silence.im/
Interestingly enough, it’s at least as private as Signal. Actually, probably more so because not all messages go through a single central provider based in the Heart of the Empire.
Use Silence. It’s been working for me all these years and still does. https://silence.im/
Interestingly enough, it’s at least as private as Signal. Actually, probably more so because not all messages go through a single central provider based in the Heart of the Empire.
Fdroid link: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure/