Should also be noted SMS with or without RCS should still be considered a legacy communication method and only used where necessary. Legacy calls and texts should be avoided as they're not secure and trust the carrier / network along with having weak security against other parties. Our recommendation is still to get as many of your contacts as possible to use Signal or other non-carrier-based communication apps using the signal protocol/secure E2EE encryption. It is why we don't give the stock AOSP Messeging app much attention to encourage people away from using it.

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goodcharity 2 years ago
It’s crazy to me how hard it is to get some people to ditch SMS. Signal (for example) requires almost no trade offs and is a pure privacy improvement. It’s like opting to have a camera installed in your bathroom when you don’t have to.