what are your recommendations for a good privacy friendly sms app? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello, currently I use qksms but its very problematic and lacks basic fetures. One of those issues being you cant send videos, and sending and recieving media is pixalated or blurry because of a commpresion issue. I've already tried adjusting the compresion options in settings to find out it doesn't work.

What messangers do you guys/gals recommend?

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 29 points 10 months ago

There's no privacy with SMS. It's sent in the clear. There's no changing this with an app.

[-] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I understand thats its sent in plain text, I just want something that works and doesn't have trackers built in.

I already tried getting my family and friends to use signal, so that cant really be done because none of them want to use it.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

If they won't change to something better like SimpleX then you could use https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS . It is a fork of qksms that adds privacy, it will do nothing for video quality or anything else though.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

But only if both ends use the same app.

Which I always thought was a smart path forward, just getting people to switch apps, even for SMS, isike puling teeth.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, it is only a solution if all parties are using Partisan, which means switching apps.

As I understand it the use case for this app is during protests in Belarus where the government shuts down mobile internet but not SMS.

[-] rottenwheel@monero.town 1 points 10 months ago

Is it maintained though? Last commit and release were 8 months ago.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee -2 points 10 months ago

If it works...

[-] pescetarian@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

https://silence.im/

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

I get a 502.

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