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The green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)
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All these text and emoji features that are being added into apple but are not compatible with Android: this seems like a problem....
Until you download signal.
It has great features for group messaging, video calling, emojis and is generally feature rich.
And it's end-to-end encrypted when messaging other signal users.
It's available on iOS and Android.
The hard part is getting others to join. If all of your fam has iPhones and you are the one Android person, getting them all to join Signal just for you is a tall order.
Yeah I know.
Does it offer SMS?
Because I'm not going to ask someone to download an app so I can talk to them.
It used to, but no longer.
https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/
So pissed they removed it... grrr, there goes the wife acceptance factor
Exactly, who is using bog-standard texts and phonecalls in this day and age? Do they also use internet explorer because that's the default too? Even if you're not on Signal, everyone and their mums has WhatsApp, I don't see how this is even an issue!
So many people use standard clear text messaging and calling.
When I try to explain encryption, I usually get the line
" I've got nothing to hide!"
That's the point where you ask them for their phone.