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minus-squareFG_3479@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·2 months agoSMS is not to be trusted because it is plain text and full of vulnerabilities.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoI know. But I still need it whether I want it or not.
minus-squareepicshepich@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoI have a limited data plan, so the only way I can communicate when I’m not on WiFi is by good ol’ fashioned text and call.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIf you’re only sending text messages (no voice memos, stickers, photos or videos), you’re data plan should never be an issue when using Signal.
minus-squarediaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoData plan: if you use 1MiB by accident (even if it’s your phone doing stuff by itself when “mobile data” is set to “off”), you have to pay for an entire 2GiB “emergency” pack.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOh you’re using a prepaid SIM?
minus-squarediaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’m not willingly using any SIM anymore.
minus-squaremobyduck648@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe chronophobia induced by realising ‘those damn kids texting all day’ has become ‘old fashioned SMS’ is more than I expected. I remember when that shit was 10p a go!
minus-squareTheoriginalthon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agohowever SMS doesn’t need a data connection, just a mobile signal, so as an emergency backup type of communication it’s great
SMS is not to be trusted because it is plain text and full of vulnerabilities.
I know. But I still need it whether I want it or not.
I have a limited data plan, so the only way I can communicate when I’m not on WiFi is by good ol’ fashioned text and call.
If you’re only sending text messages (no voice memos, stickers, photos or videos), you’re data plan should never be an issue when using Signal.
Data plan: if you use 1MiB by accident (even if it’s your phone doing stuff by itself when “mobile data” is set to “off”), you have to pay for an entire 2GiB “emergency” pack.
Oh you’re using a prepaid SIM?
I’m not willingly using any SIM anymore.
The chronophobia induced by realising ‘those damn kids texting all day’ has become ‘old fashioned SMS’ is more than I expected. I remember when that shit was 10p a go!
however SMS doesn’t need a data connection, just a mobile signal, so as an emergency backup type of communication it’s great