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There's an app, Silence[1], which encrypts your SMS if your contact uses it as well. It does so over the actual telecom SMS network, and doesn't break non-Silen

by Jiocus 5y ago

There's an app, Silence[1], which encrypts your SMS if your contact uses it as well. It does so over the actual telecom SMS network, and doesn't break non-Silence user messaging either. Been using it for years. [1]: https://silence.im/ https://silence.im/ edit: F-droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure.smssecure https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure....

windthrown 5y ago
Was Silence removed from the Google Playstore? The link on silence.im does not work for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure.smssecure https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure....
- Jiocus 5y ago
  It's in the Play store as far as I can see. Also here for F-droid users: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure
rakoo 5y ago
There once was an app called TextSecure, who pioneered E2EE on phones, that used to work both with SMS and its own network. When they realized maintaining both networks was hard, they ditch SMS and remained on their own network. Some unhappy devs wanted to keep SMS compatibility so they forked the app, focused on that, removed the custom network named their fork SMSSecure and, after some time, called it Silence. The original devs used the opportunity of a groundbreaking change to rename their app... Signal.
- commoner 5y ago
  Signal/TextSecure dropped encrypted SMS/MMS because it leaks more metadata, is less reliable, and is not allowed on iOS. https://signal.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/ https://signal.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/
- Jiocus 5y ago
  You are absolutely right. I started out with TextSecure myself. I switched over to what became Silence eventually. I'm not a Signal user though after giving them several tries, and that decision seems more final by each passing days. I find I disagree too much with how their leadership and organization have behaved in relation to other projects and the direction they continue to take Signal. Each to their own though.

by Jiocus 5y ago

windthrown 5y ago

Was Silence removed from the Google Playstore? The link on silence.im does not work for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure.smssecure https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smssecure....

Jiocus 5y ago
It's in the Play store as far as I can see. Also here for F-droid users: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure https://f-droid.org/packages/org.smssecure.smssecure

rakoo 5y ago

There once was an app called TextSecure, who pioneered E2EE on phones, that used to work both with SMS and its own network. When they realized maintaining both networks was hard, they ditch SMS and remained on their own network. Some unhappy devs wanted to keep SMS compatibility so they forked the app, focused on that, removed the custom network named their fork SMSSecure and, after some time, called it Silence. The original devs used the opportunity of a groundbreaking change to rename their app... Signal.

commoner 5y ago
Signal/TextSecure dropped encrypted SMS/MMS because it leaks more metadata, is less reliable, and is not allowed on iOS. https://signal.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/ https://signal.org/blog/goodbye-encrypted-sms/
Jiocus 5y ago
You are absolutely right. I started out with TextSecure myself. I switched over to what became Silence eventually. I'm not a Signal user though after giving them several tries, and that decision seems more final by each passing days. I find I disagree too much with how their leadership and organization have behaved in relation to other projects and the direction they continue to take Signal. Each to their own though.