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Encrypted SMS and malware scanning (f-droid.org)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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Some people were asking for a private SMS app, and I thought about Silence, which development had stopped, but there appears to be something new : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.afkanerd.deku/

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[–] Hellmo_Luciferrari@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (7 children)

With things like Signal, or Matrix, and other more secure alternatives to SMS/MMS I don't know one would choose to use something like Deku or Silence.

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, sure thing, I can imagine that, with millions of people using WhatsApp, Signal and what not. I can also imagine that not everyone on the planet has a smart phone and Internet access yet, due to poverty or other reasons. And in the Western world there are likely still elderly people who have never even touched a smart phone and have a dumb phone. This new app could be useful for people who still want to use 2G with dumb phones.

[–] cafeinux@infosec.pub 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It works with 2G, sure, but I'm not sure how it would work on dumb phones: how messages would be decrypted or encrypted on a dumb phone, without that app?

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Ah, yes, good one. (I feel dumb now, time to catch some sleep) 👍

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