Signal discontinuing SMS support.

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  • Partisan-SMS

    Encrypted SMS messenger for Android

  • I just pray for a Signal fork. If it doesn't happen I'll use a second app for SMS. Probably stock SMS app of Lineageos, or maybe partisan-sms (although chances are slim that anyone else I talk to uses it, so the encryption feature is probably useless to me)

  • Signal-Android

    Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease". (by tw-hx)

  • Yeah I followed that whole story. Since then some forks have been created that do not care what Signal Foundation thinks about using their servers. Molly and Signal-FOSS for example, both compatible to regular Signal. Those two forks will not keep SMS support, Molly never had it, and Signal-FOSS will most likely drop it because they think it's too much work to keep it while staying compatible and up to date. I hope there is going to be another fork specifically dedicated to keeping SMS support. We'll see.

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  • Silence

    PROJECT MOVED: https://git.silence.dev/Silence/Silence-Android/ (GitHub is just a mirror.)

  • Silence is a renamed version of SMSSecure, which is a fork of TextSecure, which was later merged with RedPhone to become Signal.

  • Signal-Android

    Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picke (by johanw666)

  • LibreSignal

    LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.

  • LibreSignal existed before Moxie was like “no, don’t”: https://github.com/LibreSignal/LibreSignal

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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