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The original was posted on /r/fossdroid by /u/bobspal on 2024-09-06 21:46:23+00:00.

I know that SMS is inherently insecure / not private. I use Signal when I can, but lots of people don’t / won’t.

I figure lots of people use Google Messages, so I use that as my default SMS app, figuring I’ll at least sometimes be upgraded to RCS with E2EE. But it’s still Google.

So what do you think? In terms of privacy, when a contact doesn’t use Signal, am I better off with FOSS like QUIK (or something else?) that’s always SMS, or Google that’s sometimes E2EE?

I’m pro-FOSS in particular because I’m pro-privacy and pro-security, not so much for any other philosophical reasons - respect to you if you feel differently, just wanted to mention that personally I’m most interested in privacy and security arguments.

Anything else I should be thinking about here? (say, spam detection…).

Thank you!