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Strypey
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

"Plus any apps you sign into with a phone number will probably hijack that previous person’s account, too. I was able to easily do that with WhatsApp, Signal, & Telegram since those apps are heavily (and stupidly) dependent on phone numbers. "

https://social.lein.us/@Adam

https://bookofadamz.com/the-smartest-messaging-method-is-not-a-segregated-mess-of-whatsapp-signal-telegram-sms-slack-teams-facebook-instagram-wechat-etc/#everyoneelse

Hang on, are you saying you were able to hijack people's Telegram and *Signal* accounts using recently issued SIMs with recycled phone numbers?!

#Signal #WhatSapp #Telegram

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The smartest messaging method is not a segregated mess of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, Slack, Teams, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.

Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet and is completely open for you to control and customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet.
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Chris Dolunt
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@cwdolunt@dice.camp replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@strypey Coincidentally I'm trying out Spike email right now. It is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Too bad there's no FOSS equivalent that I know of.

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Strypey
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 minutes ago

@cwdolunt
> trying out Spike email right now

AFAICT this is completely proprietary, and bundling an "AI" chatbot. Not for me, thanks.

> Didn't know about delta chat. I'll have to take a look

I've been using it for a few years. Managed to get a few family and friends to try it, but it didn't stick. Still useful to me though, because I can exchange ordinary email with them using a chat-like interface.

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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

MS/MMS is slated to be replaced with “Rich Communications System” (RCS), a new standard for sending electronic text-based messages between phones.

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You have to basically be a phone company and pay the GSMA tens of thousands of dollars per year to be a member in order to have the privilege of implementing an RCS based system. That’s not open or democratic at all."

https://bookofadamz.com/the-smartest-messaging-method-is-not-a-segregated-mess-of-whatsapp-signal-telegram-sms-slack-teams-facebook-instagram-wechat-etc/#everyoneelse

#OpenStandards #SMS #RCS

Book of Adam Z

The smartest messaging method is not a segregated mess of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, Slack, Teams, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.

Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet and is completely open for you to control and customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

"... phone numbers are recycled. If you were to get a new phone number today, it probably belonged to someone else already. Thusly, you’re going to get all of the text messaging notifications and calls for that person.

https://bookofadamz.com/the-smartest-messaging-method-is-not-a-segregated-mess-of-whatsapp-signal-telegram-sms-slack-teams-facebook-instagram-wechat-etc/#everyoneelse

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The smartest messaging method is not a segregated mess of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, Slack, Teams, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.

Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet and is completely open for you to control and customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

"Plus any apps you sign into with a phone number will probably hijack that previous person’s account, too. I was able to easily do that with WhatsApp, Signal, & Telegram since those apps are heavily (and stupidly) dependent on phone numbers. "

https://social.lein.us/@Adam

https://bookofadamz.com/the-smartest-messaging-method-is-not-a-segregated-mess-of-whatsapp-signal-telegram-sms-slack-teams-facebook-instagram-wechat-etc/#everyoneelse

Hang on, are you saying you were able to hijack people's Telegram and *Signal* accounts using recently issued SIMs with recycled phone numbers?!

#Signal #WhatSapp #Telegram

Book of Adam Z

The smartest messaging method is not a segregated mess of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, SMS, Slack, Teams, Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, etc.

Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet and is completely open for you to control and customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet.
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Worik
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@worik@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 1 hour ago

@strypey They dod not hijack a signal account with just a phone number, recently

Signal uses PIN numbers too.

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James Cridland
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@james@bne.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@strypey Is there any difference between the GSMA membership required for MMS and RCS? Confused.

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