On: Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts

[Rd6n6]

It’s not enough for signal to work for tech people. You have to be able to convince your family and friends to use it, it’s a network effects problem. They are adding features so that ordinary people can have private communications

[ikiris → Rd6n6]

ordinary people don't give a flying f** about being able to send someone crypto currency via their messaging app.

[ViViDboarder → ikiris]

Though many of their competing apps support this feature. Facebook, Apple, WeChat, etc.

[renewiltord → ikiris]

But everyone wants to send money or money-equivalents. I use Venmo almost every other day.

[M2Ys4U → renewiltord]

But why roll that in to a chat app? Why not use your bank's app (or if you live in a country with a 19th century banking system like the USA, something like Venmo)?

[npteljes → M2Ys4U]

I guess because your chat app is also your contacts management app, even if by accident.

[renewiltord → M2Ys4U]

Because I have performed out of band verification for contacts in my chat app.

[GuB-42 → Rd6n6]

If that's the case, why did they remove SMS import?

It used to be "just install that, you will be more secure and won't notice the difference". To "you will lose all your messages".

[mdaniel → GuB-42]

And its MMS support is both gravely broken and has been declared a non-priority (I don't have the link handy, but also don't care if folks think I'm lying)

I don't know that this incident will cause me to uninstall Signal, but it for sure is going to get my recurring donation cancelled

If I fix the MMS for my carrier *again* and then that fix is ignored or rejected, that's when I'll uninstall it