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My biggest annoyance with Signal is that when I send an SMS, people with Signal on an Android will not reply back with an SMS but with a Signal message. It does
by dybber 6y ago
My biggest annoyance with Signal is that when I send an SMS, people with Signal on an Android will not reply back with an SMS but with a Signal message. It doesn’t make any sense that I don’t get replies on the same channel as I send.
This is a big usability no-go for me an the reason I’m not using Signal anymore. Don’t interfere with other messaging systems like SMS.
- dybber 6y agoThe only way to avoid this seems to be delete your Signal account, if you just uninstall the app these contacts will still try to reach me (reply to my messages), but the messages will not be delivered as SMS as long as my account exists.
- DenseComet 6y agoThat seems reasonable enough. It seems like its there to prevent downgrade attacks.
- cyphar 6y agoUsers can explicitly send SMS messages (long press the send button and select "insecure SMS"), but this option isn't sticky -- I think if the app restarts it will again default to Signal messages. As you say, unregistering your Signal account[1] is the only permanent solution. [1]: https://signal.org/signal/unregister/ https://signal.org/signal/unregister/