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Signal Alternative with SMS Support (self.fdroid)

submitted 1 year ago by LazerDickMcCheese to c/[email protected]

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I used Signal for years and loved it, but I need SMS support to talk to, well, anyone I know. Is there a secure choice that's near-equal?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know about secure, when SMS itself isn't by default, but aside from that I've personally been using QKSMS for a few months, after moving away from Google Messages and I found no issues, it's solid and quite featureful.

I know it's not a Signal fork with SMS support, which I'm sure still exists, but I wouldn't use it because it would have to keep up with upstream and maintain the SMS feature too, so it most likely will fall a bit behind, which isn't the best thing to let happen on an actual secure communication app