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What's the best SMS app out there? Ideally: -imports my old texts including groups -sends media at high res to others with the app -encryption/fingerprint access would be cool
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Apr 7, 2018 17:58
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smoobles posted:What's the best SMS app out there? Importing I do with SMS Backup+ (formly carbonite I think). High res is dependant on your carrier and protocol, you have to support RCS or MMS will compress poo poo. Same with encryption, you're going beyond the realm of SMS. Maybe try WhatsApp? It does all that by default and there's a reason a lot of the world uses it as a primary messaging app.
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Apr 7, 2018 18:03
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Does WhatsApp send regular SMS to non WhatsApp users too?
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Apr 7, 2018 18:05
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smoobles posted:Does WhatsApp send regular SMS to non WhatsApp users too? No, so I recognize it doesn't meet your need as it's not SMS. Sorry, there's just not really anything that does what you say because media resolution and encryption are dependent on the protocol. SMS/MMS doesn't do that. RCS is fantastic and does high res media and encryption, but it's not widespread yet and is carrier and device dependent  Carbonite/SMS Backup+ is really good for your backup needs though!
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Apr 7, 2018 18:10
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smoobles posted:What's the best SMS app out there? No idea about group SMS because I've never needed that, but Signal should be able to do everything else.
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Apr 7, 2018 18:17
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Tamba posted:No idea about group SMS because I've never needed that, but Signal should be able to do everything else. How does Signal send high res media over SMS/MMS?
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Apr 7, 2018 18:19
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Thanks for the clarity, it sounds like what I'm looking for doesn't quite exist
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Apr 7, 2018 18:23
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CLAM DOWN posted:How does Signal send high res media over SMS/MMS? He asked for: "sends media at high res to others with the app", or did I parse that sentence wrong?
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Apr 7, 2018 18:24
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Textra will let you set the maximum mms size in the settings so should theoretically let you get the highest resolution possible from your carrier
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Apr 7, 2018 18:45
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Tamba posted:He asked for: He/she asked smoobles posted:What's the best SMS app out there? So it's completely fair to assume he's not asking for a non-SMS based communications method. SMS/MMS is a protocol so things like media resolution, encryption, etc, are dependent on the protocol. RCS addresses these but is rolling out so slow. I think only one carrier, Rogers, has it in Canada.
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Apr 7, 2018 18:45
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Signal lets you send higher resolution media to others with Signal? That would work great. To be totally clear, what I'm really looking for is the Android version of iMessage so I can send my wife (also on Android) full res videos of our dogs but also text everyone else from the same app.
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Apr 7, 2018 21:35
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smoobles posted:Signal lets you send higher resolution media to others with Signal? That would work great. I use Hangouts for this.
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Apr 7, 2018 21:48
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Thermopyle posted:I use Hangouts for this. Wasn't Hangouts going to remove SMS support? Did that ever happen?
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Apr 7, 2018 21:53
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CLAM DOWN posted:Wasn't Hangouts going to remove SMS support? Did that ever happen? sms works with google voice at the very least because I still use it E: fi and google voice only
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Apr 7, 2018 22:04
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CLAM DOWN posted:Wasn't Hangouts going to remove SMS support? Did that ever happen? Its app store page says it can do SMS from a Google Voice number, but it sounds like otherwise SMS support went a year ago. Android Messages supports RCS, so that's an option if smoobles and their wife are on a carrier that supports it. Maybe not the most palatable option in light of recent news, but I think Facebook Messenger still does SMS. (Edit: it does)
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Apr 7, 2018 22:08
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Blue Train posted:sms works with google voice at the very least because I still use it Ohhh okay, we don't have either of those in Canada so I didn't know e: RCS is definitely the best option here but yeah, it's entirely dependent on carrier support and you have to have a modern device too iirc
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Apr 7, 2018 22:08
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Blue Train posted:sms works with google voice at the very least because I still use it I ways forget that I do things with my phone that only work because I'm on Google voice. This is largely because Google voice is so transparent.
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Apr 7, 2018 22:27
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Thermopyle posted:I ways forget that I do things with my phone that only work because I'm on Google voice. Yea it's really really good and I'm glad they haven't killed it off Re: twitter quote:According to the Twitter developer’s blog, the company will be removing access to the “streaming services” portion of its API starting on June 19, 2018. What that essentially means is that any app that features a Twitter feed as part of its primary function (like every single app on this list) will no longer be able to send push notifications or automatically refresh the feed. And from their api documentation quote:Another key difference you will notice in regards to data being delivered is that Twitter will no longer send events from people that you follow on Twitter. This was an intentional change and is not something we plan to alter going forward. So  third party twitter clients I guess
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Apr 7, 2018 22:34
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They kinda reversed on that. https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-says-it-wont-break-third-party-twitter-apps-june-19/
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Apr 7, 2018 22:38
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Thermopyle posted:They kinda reversed on that. https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-says-it-wont-break-third-party-twitter-apps-june-19/ Now they just have to get rid of that asinine token limit for 3rd party apps.
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Apr 7, 2018 22:41
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I do love Flamingo but guess it's going to be dormant for a while until the dev comes out with a slightly different version for refreshed tokens. If anyone is from the Symbian days, Gravity was by far the best Twitter client. The Android version it's pretty cool. It's an RSS reader too. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mobileways.gravityforever
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Apr 8, 2018 00:26
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smoobles posted:Signal lets you send higher resolution media to others with Signal? That would work great.
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Apr 8, 2018 00:41
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Tamba posted:It does. It does. Ignore these spergs. Install Signal for extra security or WhatsApp for more users and features. They're both fine. Keep using whatever for normal text messaging.
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Apr 8, 2018 04:28
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hotsauce posted:I do love Flamingo but guess it's going to be dormant for a while until the dev comes out with a slightly different version for refreshed tokens. Sam Ruston has already said he's not going to do that.
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Apr 8, 2018 05:08
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FunOne posted:It does. Ignore these spergs. Install Signal for extra security or WhatsApp for more users and features. They're both fine. "ignore these spergs. Also install Signal for greater security!"  If we're relaxing the requirements so that the high res photos or videos don't need to actually send as SMS, just use Hangouts.
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Apr 8, 2018 15:48
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Hangouts always compressed the gently caress out of my pictures
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Apr 8, 2018 15:53
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Internet Explorer posted:"ignore these spergs. Also install Signal for greater security!" Well, security is the only meaningful differentiator between those two items that is in Signals favor. It was already mentioned, so it gets included. Plus with the whole Facebook nonsense going on some people are pretending to give a poo poo. Use WhatsApp. A billion people do. It's fine. It does group chats well. You can send photos and gifs. They look fine when they come through. It's plenty secure. It's owned by Facebook but who cares and they can't read your messages. Hangouts is becoming an Enterprise product and is being abandoned for regular users. Allo has no traction. Telegram has nerd cred but few users. Line isn't popular in the west. WeChat is group chat involving the Chinese secret police. Signal has no users and is short on features. SnapChat is only useful to talk to people under 30. Facebook messenger flat out admitted they scan your messages for advertising. Instagram and Twitter have chat but are social first, chat second. But yeah, let's keep talking about RCS. That'll help.
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Apr 8, 2018 16:39
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Stevie Lee posted:Hangouts always compressed the gently caress out of my pictures It does just fine if you're sending to other Hangouts users, which is what we're talking about. FunOne posted:Well, security is the only meaningful differentiator between those two items that is in Signals favor. It was already mentioned, so it gets included. Plus with the whole Facebook nonsense going on some people are pretending to give a poo poo. Who is the sperg now?
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Apr 8, 2018 16:52
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FunOne posted:Plus with the whole Facebook nonsense going on some people are pretending to give a poo poo. 
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Apr 8, 2018 16:55
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Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has announced a big change to its privacy policy which, once a user accepts its new T&Cs, will see it start to share some user data with its parent company — including for ad-targeting purposes on the latter service. “[B]y coordinating more with Facebook, we’ll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp,” WhatsApp writes in a blog on the change today. “Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them. For example, you might see an ad from a company you already work with, rather than one from someone you’ve never heard of.” WhatsApp will also be sharing the data with the “Facebook family of companies” — so presumably its user data could also be fed to VR firm Oculus Rift, another Fb acquisition, and photo-sharing network Instagram.
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Apr 8, 2018 16:57
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FunOne posted:Well, security is the only meaningful differentiator between those two items that is in Signals favor. It was already mentioned, so it gets included. Plus with the whole Facebook nonsense going on some people are pretending to give a poo poo. Lol, this post. The original person wants to talk to ONE other person with the ability to send them pictures...
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Apr 8, 2018 16:59
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Not only was the original dude asking about SMS specifically which your app suggestion isn't, WhatsApp actually implements the Signal Protocol (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol) and is secure just fine, barring some insane rants about Facebook because of course that's the topic du jour.
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Apr 8, 2018 18:18
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CLAM DOWN posted:Not only was the original dude asking about SMS specifically which your app suggestion isn't, WhatsApp actually implements the Signal Protocol (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Protocol) and is secure just fine, barring some insane rants about Facebook because of course that's the topic du jour. Being uncomfortable about Facebook owning them is the opposite of insane. Data from whatsapp is given directly to Facebook. No one should be telling anyone else to install whatsapp. Use other, better things like signal and telegram.
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Apr 8, 2018 18:39
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Taffer posted:Being uncomfortable about Facebook owning them is the opposite of insane. Data from whatsapp is given directly to Facebook. I disagree but I think that discussion is quite out of the scope of their thread. Let's move on from this derail eh? CLAM DOWN fucked around with this message at 23:02 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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Apr 8, 2018 19:06
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Email is the solution.
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Apr 8, 2018 22:57
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I use the postal service for my communications like God intended
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Apr 8, 2018 23:51
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Has anyone switched from Nova to Action Launcher? Nova improvements and updates have kinda petered out and I'm tired of some things missing like folder grid sizes, so thought about trying an alternative.
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Apr 9, 2018 03:07
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Action launcher is good but I don't think you can change the folder grid size, it seems to automatically change depending on how many apps you have in it. This is the only setting for it. I don't use folders but I threw in a couple of apps it went from two by two to three by three before I got sick of adding more in
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Apr 9, 2018 03:19
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Isn't Telegram the one that uses homebrew encryption that was already broken? Or am I thinking of something else? (Or did they switch it to SHA256 or something?)
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Endless Mike posted:Isn't Telegram the one that uses homebrew encryption that was already broken? Or am I thinking of something else? (Or did they switch it to SHA256 or something?) Correct. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegram-secure https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1177.pdf https://gizmodo.com/why-you-should-stop-using-telegram-right-now-1782557415
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