I am looking for a FOSS alternative to Google Messages.

The main feature I want to keep is "device pairing:" I should be able to link it to my computer and type out messages with a physical keyboard. This is important because I don't want to write a long message on my phone, and some people I communicate with are unable to use another messaging system that works on desktops out-of-the-box.

I've tried several SMS apps on F-Droid, but none of them seem to have this feature.

I do not need all the advanced features of RCS, nor do I need E2EE (because most of the people I use Google Messages to talk to are on iPhones).

#Android #FDroid #SMS #MMS #RCS #GoogleMessages

Finde den passenden Messenger: Unser Schnell-Check zu Sicherheit, Datenschutz und Bedienung zeigt, welche Messenger überzeugen und welche nicht.

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/die-grosse-messenger-uebersicht-kompakt-kritisch-direkt/

Korrekturen/Anmerkungen bitte per E-Mail: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/kontakt/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/40016/ Google Messages update hints at real-time location sharing (APK teardown) #AuthorityInsights #Google #GoogleMessages #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom

Heads Up for people whose Google Account name is different from their name IRL - and who use Google Messages.

Profile Discovery is being rolled out for Google Messages.

If you're using a different name for your Google account, and you have Google Messages on your phone, make sure you check if you're happy with the settings.

The default setting is your Google ID and picture will be sent to "People you message".

You can change this in the profile settings to "Only your contacts" or "No one".

There are probably a few people who don't want everyone you message to wonder who "BozoTheClown_5346" is - if that happens to be your Google account name .

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?

I still use SMS on my phone using #GoogleMessages , and apparently, Apple will support RCS messaging in iOS 18, which is expected to be out this fall.

Google disabling RCS messaging for folks with modified devices is REALLY fucking annoying.

Ha salido un mensaje en el canal de Du Rove's Channel de los origenes de Signal y de su cuestionable equilibrio entre la disidencia y la NSA. Lo que hace hincapié es que el modulo de criptografía es el mismo de los compañeros de viaje en la mensajería (#WhatsApp, #Facebook #Messenger, #GoogleMessages y #Skype) a excepción de Telegram,
Yo cuando tengo que comunicar de forma segura sigo siendo antiguo y encripto por PGP o GnuPG .
Con la LODP, me indica un cliente, que si sus datos están protegidos en los servidores....se los encripte... y eso es seguro?
Me gustaría saber la opinión de un especialista como es Chema Alonso

Ayer me vi el reportaje del ZX Tools.... ufff.

#ciberseguridad #signal #telegram
@chemaalonso

Google lets you edit sent Messages in latest #Android feature drop - The Verge

In #GoogleMessages you can now edit your outgoing #RCS messages up to 15 minutes after they've been sent. The recipient can long press the message to see the original, unedited message.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/30/24167743/android-updates-edit-sent-google-messages-wearos-smart-home

so now that #googlemessages has #AI "built in", I want to switch to something else. what's the situation with #rcs on #android? Is it still only available in Messages or has #Google finally opened up their APIs for other apps?

also, fuck AI, I am rapidly reaching the point where how much I want to talk to someone is increasingly dependent on how much they like AI.

#Google brags that you can now chat with #Gemini [#LLM, #AI] on #GoogleMessages. But in practice, you can only do this with G Messages on your phone, not G Messages on your laptop through a browser, drawing attention to the continuing limitations on G Messages.

Habe mich nun für die Aufnahme der folgenden Messenger entschieden:
- (Facebook) Messenger
- Google Messages

Kommt nach und nach.

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

Google decided to inject Gemini, its AI bot, into Google Messages, the SMS/RCS client. There's no feature to turn this off.

But you can mark it spam and block it.

Are you OK with #GoogleBard #AI having insight into “your relationship dynamics”?

We’re not either! To prevent it from happening, check your permission settings in #GoogleMessages.

Read more on @Forbes : https://forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/28/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/)

To be on the safe side:
choose a messaging app that respects your #privacy: https://proton.me/blog/whatsapp-alternatives
avoid using SMS: https://proton.me/blog/stop-using-sms

Este 6 de marzo de 2024 llega el cambio más importando a #WhatsApp que revolucionará la comunicación

Los usuarios podrán enviar mensajes a otras plataformas de mensajería como #Telegram, #Signal, posiblemente #iMessage, #Facebook #Messenger, #Skype, y #GoogleMessages sin tener que salir de la aplicación.

Y esta funcionalidad opcional y cifrada también permitirá recibir mensajes de estas plataformas (...)

https://www.elnacional.cat/es/estilo-vida/este-marzo-llega-cambio-mas-importando-whatsapp-descubre-como-te-afectara_1163491_102.html

#Google's Messages for Web application appears to be offline. I'm getting request timeouts or 502 errors when I try to access it. It doesn't appear there's any sort of online status page for it; the Google Workspace Status Dashboard page doesn't mention it.
#outage #GoogleMessages

#GoogleMessages #Bard
Google Suddenly Reveals Huge Free AI Upgrade For All Android Users

iMessage And WhatsApp Soundly Beaten By Radical Google Messages Update

"The way you use your smartphone is about to change forever…"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/22/huge-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-just-leaked/

I've said this before, and I'll say it again.

Don't allow corporations to know who you are, what you're doing, and what you are saying to your friends.

Apps like #WhatsApp, #FacebookMessenger, #GoogleChat, #GoogleMessages, and #Telegram purposely take your metadata for profit.

Choose better. Apps like #Signal, and protocols like #Matrix, allow you the same features while keeping your data private.

Just give it a try. You deserve it!

[Phonandroid] - #GoogleMessages : les SOS par satellite arriveraient dans plus de 150 pays en même temps.

Selon des bouts de code trouvés dans la dernière version de Google Messages, l'application préparerait l'arrivée des messages d'urgence par satellite dans plus de 150 pays simultanément, grâce à un partenariat avec #Garmin.

https://www.phonandroid.com/google-messages-les-sos-par-satellite-arriveraient-dans-plus-de-150-pays-en-meme-temps.html

#SmartPhone
#RevueDePresse
#abml

It's incredibly sad to me that Signal (the leadership) gave up a position of interoperability and trust, and funneled users from Signal (the app) to Google Messages.[1]

Now Google Messages is one of only a few apps that can talk to a new iPhone out of the box. It also has the best encryption support of those Android options.

https://9to5google.com/2023/07/19/google-messages-mls-encrypted/

[1]: https://signal.org/blog/sms-removal-android/

#SignalApp #GoogleMessages
#SMS #RCS
#SignalProtocol #MLS #EncryptedGroups