SMS can literally be read by anyone spinning up a fake mobile tower, there is no e2e encryption and probably a few other security concerns I don’t even know, I’ll use WhatsApp before I use SMS as secure communication.
Edit: RCS fixes (some of?) this but at this point why not use something even better?
I don’t know any person using sms for regular communication, everyone I know uses some kind of messenger app.
So because nobody in your life uses it, it doesn’t need to exist? What?
Are you the most important person on the planet, or just incapable of thinking that other people’s lives might be different to yours?
The point is to take the base communication technology (texting) and bring it to the 21st century without being beholden to some American company.
Because no person in my life uses it I made the generalization that it isn’t used much, leading to my top comment.
Is this satirical? RCS is beholden to some American company as far as I can tell.
Nearly everyone I know is still using SMS, even if they’re also messaging using another app.
It probably depends on where you live.
Why do you prefer/use SMS?
Like Whatsapp? I prefer to minimize the amount of data Facebook collects on me.
SMS can literally be read by anyone spinning up a fake mobile tower, there is no e2e encryption and probably a few other security concerns I don’t even know, I’ll use WhatsApp before I use SMS as secure communication.
Edit: RCS fixes (some of?) this but at this point why not use something even better?