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?
Anyone still using “Text Messaging”?
I don’t know any person using sms for regular communication, everyone I know uses some kind of messenger app.
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?
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.
Nearly everyone I know is still using SMS, even if they’re also messaging using another app.