It's time to stop using SMS, here's why!
Text messaging has been a staple of communication for decades, but it's time to move on. In this video, we'll explore why SMS is an outdated and insecure technology and discuss better alternatives.
Is there a solution for people who want to use something like rcs but won't download Google Messages? I can't get everyone I know to switch to something like Signal and I won't use Google apps
I researched this a little while ago. The new protocol is licensed by Google and has not been released to the public. Also, unless everyone in the middle supports the protocol, messages are routed through Google's network.
I settled on Signal for people who will switch and SMS for the rest. I do plug Signal when I can, like sending images between Apple & Android are degraded, but not on Signal.
It's time to add a descriptive text to video posts, here's why:
Tell banks that still use it as MFA that
Don't use those banks. Why are you staying with a bank that has terrible security practices?
Next your going to tell me you pay ATM fees as well.
EDIT: lol what's with the down votes? If you don't like your banks practice, don't use that bank. Being complicit and allowing banks with shitty practices to be your bank only makes it easier for them to not change.
Yeah sure, just tell that to literally everyone I know.
Oh and while you're at it, tell them not to use any of the most popular chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram or iMessage.
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.
Just get them on a friends and family plan on IKmsngr.tx it's much cheaper than any phone plan and you can get an extension for calls including video calls as well.
The website has the app, you need to sideload it but it's very easy. The voice and video extension is on github, linked in the IK Msngr FAQ.
For some concerning reason; Fwy can't even find the YouTube version of this video without manually concatenating the video ID to the watch page of fwy's personal invidious instance. Please, make sure the video is searchable if it's intended to be live.
An invidious link; this one will take you to public instances so you can find one that's up and running.
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=B9BWXvn-rB4
Fwy's own instance, unfortunately, isn't public; it's only shared with fwyfwy housemates on a VPN solution.
Yes, the link on the site has a typo at the end: https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9BWXvn-rB4**s**. Seems like YouTube will correct it automatically though, which is probably why it wasn't caught.
(Besides, if you don't want to use YT, why not go with the PeerTube one?)
What human being has sent an SMS message in the last decade? Obviously I'm being a bit facetious, but seriously I don't think I've sent a text since mobile internet stopped being pay-per-MB and the only ones I receive are automated.
My plan still is pay per MB (well maybe per GB). So yes, of course I use SMS. Besides, what alternative is there? No one has the same apps.
Wow, surprised anywhere still offers that. Is it normal for your country or just a particularly good deal for you?
what alternative is there? No one has the same apps
Use any of the alternatives depending on who you need to message. Most of the people I want to message are on Signal and I still have WhatsApp for the rest.
Folks, it being hard to get people to switch from SMS to a more secure messaging platform is not a critique of the video.
Everyone knows its hard, its why videos like this that explain the benefits in simple terms is a useful tool.