Privacy Guides
In the digital age, protecting your personal information might seem like an impossible task. We’re here to help.
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And don't forget that when those apps eventually die, or the company behind them goes sour, you have to switch EVERYTHING again, and hope that everyone you know does, too.
This has NEVER been an issue with SMS. So for all the bad, it does one thing really well: convenience.
As much as I'd love to move to a secure message platform, this definitely falls into the "more trouble than it's worth" category, and that's disappointing.
In many cases those apps are not necessarily tied to any specific service. That's why many prefer federated FOSS services.
I mean, Signal (the messenger that Privacy Guides recommends) only works with Signal, right? And if I recall, it was difficult or not even possible to back up your texts from one device to another.
SMS, especially for anyone who isn't tech-savvy in the least, "just works" without any setup.
How do you convince people to move away from that?
I'm not saying we shouldn't, I'm saying it doesn't appeal to the majority of people.
@Showroom7561 @Ulrich signal was difficult to backup/transfer texts, but now they've made it quite easy. recently did it twice with no issues!