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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] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love Signal, but just a PSA, if you convert between Android and iOS, you're SOL on migrating your existing messages. You can migrate Android to Android or iOS to iOS, but not between the two platforms. There are at least applications that will let you migrate SMS between the two.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, losing message history is kinda a known drawback of e2ee. not that big of a deal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Can signal even do backups iOS to iOS? I was under the impression signal just didn't support that on iOS at all, but maybe my info is out dated.