Is anyone using the #PayShap service in #SouthAfrica? imo some privacy issues, as one can no longer use alternate purpose-subscribed numbers for shopping etc. Especially considering that a mobile number is like a 2nd ID number these days and that many shop owners upload your number to FB/Instagram for targeted advertising, or spam you themselves. #Privacy #Spam #Cellular #Mobile #PhoneNumber #SMS #Shopping #FinTech https://techcentral.co.za/payshap-is-getting-a-huge-upgrade/255847/

@silvermoon82 😂 at least it could be #encrypted; #SMS is also run by corporations, right?

When I got my first smart phone it used some app for texting. I forget the name. Then Verizon forced me to change to Message+. This ended up being fine because the first app was a little unstable.

Last night I got a message from Message+ that I needed to move over to Google Messages.

Criminy. Pick an app and use it for cryin out loud.

At least the transition to Google Messages was fairly instantaneous and smooth.

#Verizon #SMS #Texting #Google

IRC fans talking about "emoji reactions" remind me of evangelical Christians who say atheists "just want to sin."

IRC Evangelist: IRC has literally all capabilities of other "modern" messaging systems, except emoji reactions. Literately the only reasons anyone would ever choose any other message system over IRC is for the emoji.

Me: If somemany sends me a message when I'm offline, I want to be able to read it when I get back online. That's a significant feature IRC lacks that other messaging systems (including SMS, XMPP, Matrix, email, ActivityPub, and all proprietary messaging systems) have.

IRC Evangelist: Oh, you said the "M"-word? You use that trash? You must have chosen Matrix for the emoji reactions!

Me: No, I didn't. I use Matrix to chat with people in other time zones, and I want to be able to read messages they send when I'm offline. It's all about chat history, not emoji.

IRC Evangelist: You're lying! Nobody cares about viewing "history" in an instant messager: that's what public forums are for! You must have chosen Matrix for the emoji reactions.

Me: No, I do not want all my messages to be on public forums. I talk with my parents using SMS, including some personal info that I don't want to be scrapable on a forum. But I do want to be able to read a message they sent me when I'm in a zone without reception.

IRC Evangelist: Well why don't you use IRC to talk to your parents instead? It's not like you need emoji reactions?

Me: Because IRC lacks chat histo--

IRC Evangelist: OH NO! My evil employer is forcing me to use Discord for work! Why not IRC? It's not like anyone needs emoji reactions for work! And emoji reactions are literally the only capability Discord has that IRC doesn't.

IRC Evangelist's Evil Employer: Um, if an employee is out sick we want them to be able to read messages that were sent while they were out. Also, maybe sometimes you'll need to look at a message from last week, which IRC makes difficult.

IRC Evangelist: But I can work without Emoji! All that other stuff you said is totally irrelevant!

Signal user: We use signal for end-to-end encryption.

IRC Evangelist: No you don't: you must have chosen Signal for emoji reactions. You can set up OTR+TLS for IRC encryption. Clearly security can't be the reason you chose signal.

Signal user: Um, I don't think OTR is as secure as Signal. Also setting it up is not as beginner friendly.

IRC Evangelist: Beginner friendly? That's just a euphemism for emoji reactions! I knew you really just chose Signal for the emoji!

Me: Hey, look what I found. It's a draft specification for adding chat history to IRC. This is great! If it gets completed and widely adopted, then I'll be able to move some of my existing group chats to IRC.

IRC Evangelist: Nooooooooo! You must not add any new features to IRC: you'll ruin it with emoji reactions.


#IRC #SMS #XMPP #Matrix #Email #Discord #Signal #Emoji #ChatHistory #IRCv3

The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices.

#apple #ios #ios18 #rcs #sms #android #messages
https://tchlp.com/kM6H0Y

I'll never understand why #banks in the #Philippines, as well as #FinTech (*cough*tech*cough*) companies, love to use the weakest(!!) and most expensive(!) #TwoFactorAuthentication: #SMS / Text.

It's mid-2024 already. /facepalm

#Privacy #Security #2FA

Nothing new, but #SMS censorship has increased and we really need a new messaging mobile open standard to replace SMS, preferably end-to-end encrypted. https://blog.jmp.chat/b/sms-censorship

I wrote about how someone couldn't figure out how to get ahold of me because I wasn't on Facebook and how that really frightened me https://robertkingett.com/posts/6552/ #Tech #Technology #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SMS #Email

Google leakt versehentlich #Apple’s Zeitplan für #RCS Messaging auf iPhone

RCS steht für Rich Communication Services und ist ein neuer Standard für Textnachrichten, der viele Vorteile gegenüber #SMS u. #MMS bietet.

https://www.schmidtisblog.de/google-leakt-versehentlich-apples-zeitplan-fuer-rcs-messaging-auf-iphone-1740808/

We should all go back to #SMS and sharing temporary cellphone numbers tbh. Let the international call and text rates bankrupt us :satrithink:

RE: https://transmom.love/users/elilla/statuses/112132723910544694

@avs I only realised why it is so after some delivery men called me that they're arriving (I rarely get calls; the #Philippines is after all the #SMS capital).

I noticed then that putting the phone on your ears doesn't give much clarity because the speakers are at the top and bottom sides of recent models today, in the desire of manufacturers to clear the front screen. (The front camera is the only one left.)

The workaround is to place the receiver speaker sideways; and when talking, to play the mic side in front of your mouth (or speak really loud)

In some models, what they did for the receiver speaker is they turned the volume up, that it sounds like you're on a speakerphone mode; so you don't have to put it sideways. If you turn on the speakerphone mode, it becomes even way louder.

Problem is, not everyone is switching to earphones. I guess, once Generation Alpha replaces us GenX, GenXennial, that is when talking through earphones with mic will become common, and there will be less sideways / walkie-talkie phones. ^_^;;

Still, I don't know. Usually when we receive calls, it was when we don't have our earphones ready. And I preferred wired because I wouldn't notice if the wireless ones fell from my ear. :P And wired ones are sometimes in the way.

@Natanox @ada I mean it's the #InconvenientTruth.

Do you know why #Fax, #SMS, #eMail, #IRC & #XMPP still exist whilst #AIM, #ICQ & #Skype are basically dead?

It's because they are #openStandards that are #decentralized and have a working #MultiVendor / #MultiProvider #ecosystem around them.

Same reason why people still buy gasoline and diesel vehicles: Shit just works and scales...

@anarchopunk_girl @fla @Mer__edith @signalapp

Also #Signal collects #PhoneNumbers which are hard if not illegal to obtain anonymously depending on one's juristiction and those ain't even #TechnicallyNecessary unlike #Apps that do #E2EE with #OpenPGP on #SMS where it makes sense to offer people the convenience of a #Keyserver offered by the maintainers.

Personally, #Signal has a stench closer to #ANØM / #OperationIronside / #TojanShield than #EncroChat IMHO...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM

They said #SMS #spam will be solved if there is #SimRegPH. I guess that's why I'm still getting #spams. ROFLMAOL!!!!!!!!!!!!1

#ToldYou #SimReg #SimRegistrationPH #SimRegistration #Philippines #Privacy #Security #IdentityTheft #BlackMarket #UndergroundMarket #USELESS #DUH

Trouvé à l'instant au fond d'un tiroir : Ce bon vieux #Tatoo 🤩

Une pile neuve, et le voici de nouveau en marche. Apparemment, le service existe toujours en 2023, si quelqu'un en sait plus...

Pour les plus jeunes qui n'ont pas connu cet âge de ténèbres : En gros, c'est une sorte de récepteur de #SMS qui a connu son petit succès un peu avant l'an 2000. Une époque où la téléphonie mobile était encore balbutiante...

#CoupDeVieux #Électronique

いやどんな言葉を使って言っても恥ずかしいので、できれば言いたくないし使いたくないです。

#ショートメール
#ショートメッセージ
#SMS

自分的には電話かけてもメール出しても、Slack送っても返事のない人間に最後の手段的に使う。

This is ridiculous. #2FA via #SMS is a standard feature. #ElonMusk needs to get a different income stream for #Twitter.