i have been on GrapheneOS for around a year now but the default one feels lacking of features like searching for texts etc. so what other sms apos out there that are foss and feature-full.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
    711·
    3 days ago

    You shouldn’t be using SMS enough to care what the default app is like.

    The only thing that you should be using SMS for in this day and age is to get two factor authentication codes from the institutions who are still too stupid to use TOTP

    And maybe updates from your pharmacy or grocery order.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.world
      25·
      3 days ago

      Lots of ppl only have SMS as a means of messaging. It’s not ideal, but neither is WhatsApp, and I still need that pos app to contact certain ppl.

      In any case, this is a terrible response to OP’s question.

    • starlinguk@lemmy.world
      48·
      3 days ago

      So you want them to install a potentially dodgy app like Signal or WhatsApp to send the odd message?

        • Ardens@lemmy.ml
          51·
          3 days ago

          It’s a little dodgy. ;-)

          The biggest issue with Signal is that it requires a phone number to register an account, even if you’re just using the desktop version. Asking Signal to hand over the data it holds on you shows that the phone number you’re using is associated with each device you’ve used to log into Signal.

          As a result, Signal must hand this information over when requested to by U.S. law enforcement. The scope of what an investigator could learn is limited, but at the bare minimum they would be able to confirm when you last connected to the service.

          While most of Google’s analytics are turned off in the Signal app, it still uses the Google Maps API to handle location data. Calls to Google Maps turn over a bunch of metadata, including the IP you’re connecting from. For a project that’s so invested in privacy, it’s surprising that Signal doesn’t use an open source alternative such as Open Street Map.

          • MotoAsh@piefed.socialEnglish
            6·
            3 days ago

            Yea, but that’s infinitely better than WhatsApp where every piece of data is owned by Facebook and sold to every marketing firm in the world and freely handed over to cops.

                • Ardens@lemmy.ml
                  11·
                  1 day ago

                  Sorry. I thought I dealt with mature people in here, that knew how to use a search engine of their choice. I can see that I was wrong. BTW your comment is irrelevant…

                  • IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
                    11·
                    20 hours ago

                    You question my maturity, when you sulk/tantrum when folk ask for a source… You wouldn’t survive in academia. Too insecure and defensive.

                    I wasn’t even OP. You were just wrong and I had same question.

                    Your point about knowing search engines is irrelevant.

                    Please, provide a source, or we can only assume you’re talking out of your backside which by your response seems a reasonable conclusion.

        • Eirikr70@jlai.lu
          31·
          3 days ago

          Right, but how many people are willing to use Signal? I have my own messaging server, and those who don’t want to use it write sms to me.

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
        42·
        3 days ago

        Of course not. I want them to offer authenticator based TOTP so that you can use a password manager or the likes to manage the OTP codes.