[Cryptography] Signal planning to drop support for plaintext SMS

Rick Smith me at cys.me
Tue Nov 1 11:15:12 EDT 2022


On Nov 1, 2022, at 1:12 AM, William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We're talking past each other.  

Correct. 

> This is a usability issue.

I’d say it’s a threat issue. If you perceive no threat when plaintext resides on a third party server, then you are correct for that situation: it is entirely a usability issue.

Rick.





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