dirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agoThe green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkThe green bubble problem is about to get even worse (Apple/Android)www.theverge.comdirtmayor@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square122fedilink
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoAll 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.
minus-squarediemunkiesdie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoThe 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.
minus-squareCorruptBuddha@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoDoes it offer SMS? Because I’m not going to ask someone to download an app so I can talk to them.
minus-squareDiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIt used to, but no longer. https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/
minus-squarepalitu@lemmy.perthchat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoSo pissed they removed it… grrr, there goes the wife acceptance factor
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoSo 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!"
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
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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!"