We know #Texting while #Driving is a bad idea. Sometimes texting all by itself is a problem. There can be platform dependent security issues and app vulnerabilities…
This other thing though - texting often becomes a default for talking at or past each other in ways that are simply more convenient than pissing each other off in person. You can be making fart noises the whole time and no one will know. Maybe thatza feature
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She was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lyft-conversation-transcribed-1.7508106
CBCShe was chatting with friends in a Lyft. Then someone texted her what they said | CBC NewsA Toronto woman is raising concerns about her privacy being breached after she received a text message transcript of her conversation with her roommates during a Lyft ride last month.
"Cannot" is one word no matter what Grammarly* says.
*somehow embedded in my texting app?! I turned it off.
I have stopped using SMS. I stopped about a decade ago. It's only centralised banks and online shopping sites still using this technology that dates back to the 70s. Yeesh!
#Tech #MessagingApps #SocialMedia #Texting #Thursday #SMS #Signal
MUO · Still Using SMS? You Should Stop: Here's WhyA lot of users still default to SMS on their smartphones. But that's bad news for your security and privacy. Here's why and what you can do.
Cornell University: Short and sweet: Supportive texts give partners a boost. “Undergraduate study participants felt significantly more positive and less negative about their upcoming exams after partners texted encouragement – however brief or affectionate – compared to when they received no message, or a less personal one from the researchers.”
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Suggestions for OpenSource, non-corporate, encrypted communication which is easily setup (no need to setup the app/software):
Android from above link or on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.b44t.messenger/
IOS/Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/delta-chat/id1459523234
Linux with Flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/details/chat.delta.desktop
As a grammar prescriptivist, I take writing and proper use of words very seriously. I recently saw a post about ending text messages with full stops. Apparently, some think this is a bad idea. No. It's called using punctuation correctly! Perhaps, they should read a few grammars instead of playing their silly video games! The same is true of netspeak, textspeak, corporate spaek, and abbreviating everything. Likewise, I have no use for political correctness. I refuse to use words such as visually-challenged, vertically-challenged, etc. I will say blind (or visually impaired if the person has some vision), short, fat, etc. Unless I'm writing poetry and am seeking flowery words for things, I call them what they are. I also have no time for so-called gender-neutral words, unless they honestly make sense and are actually descriptive, such as firefighter or police officer. But I'm just as likely to say fireman, policeman, waiter, steward, actor, chairman, etc. and change the gender when necessary. I also refuse to use the singular they. There are two sexes (gender is for grammar). You're either one or the other. This absolutely doesn't mean that you can't change your sex. If, for example, I meet you as a woman and you change to a man or are a drag king/queen, I will certainly change my use of pronouns when discussing you or talking about you, either permenantly or temporarily, as the case requires. But unless you literally have multiple personalities or are a machine or an inanimate object, you are neither a they nor an it, and you're certainly not some made-up pronoun such as xe. I would never cause harm to those who use such words. I would just consider them to be silly or confused.
I'm not playing your stupid games. #sms #texting #weirdnumber
Apple’s Surprising iPhone Update—Green Bubbles End Next Week https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/06/apples-surprising-iphone-update-green-bubbles-end-next-week/ #news #Apple #messaging #communications #sms #texting #messenger #imessage
Forbes · Apple’s Surprising iPhone Update—Green Bubbles End Next Week
People using abbreviations while texting is commonplace. However, research from Stanford University suggests it could signal that you don’t care about the conversation. “A lack of perceived effort could be detrimental to interpersonal connections when texting,” the authors wrote in the study, published by the American Psychological Association. @sciencefocus has more: https://flip.it/wIQvB7
My daughter, who has #DownSyndrome has been sending me the message "love you daddy" with various suggested gifs so I'm responding with potato gifs. I should ask her later how she likes them. She probably thinks it's funny. #parenting #specialNeeds #texting
The New iPhone Satellite Messaging Feature Tested On National Park Trails
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Message+ will be shutting down in a month. They wish me to switch to Google Messages. What are others using for Samsung Android other than Google Messages?
When I got my first smart phone it used some app for texting. I forget the name. Then Verizon forced me to change to Message+. This ended up being fine because the first app was a little unstable.
Last night I got a message from Message+ that I needed to move over to Google Messages.
Criminy. Pick an app and use it for cryin out loud.
At least the transition to Google Messages was fairly instantaneous and smooth.
Adding to the list at the top of which is #gunviolence - #Schools Are #Failing to #Protect #Students From #nonconsensual #Deepfakes Report Shows #violence #children #students #education #internet #privacy #legalresearch #bullying #girls #parents #images #imagery #texting #AI #infoSec #IT #security #cybercrime #cybersecurity https://www.404media.co/schools-are-failing-to-protect-students-from-non-consensual-deepfakes-report-shows/
404 Media · Schools Are Failing to Protect Students From Non-Consensual Deepfakes, Report ShowsA survey of teachers, students and parents showed that schools are unprepared for non-consensual imagery, AI generated or otherwise, spreading throughout communities of young people.