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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 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 9 months ago

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