They all have iPhones and Google Android. Since all my calls and text messages are monitored on their phones, am I causing any additional harm to myself by using Google Messages on GrapheneOS? That way I could at least use RCS messaging.
delta chat. solves this problem as it uses the email protocol with pgp (when available), so from your end it’s a chat client and from their end it’s an email from you.
if they find it too annoying to reply by email they could just install the delta chat “email client”, too ;)
same goes in my family too. But they will be forced to switch to linux, since their computers can’t run Win11, and 10 will expire. Not by me, but by Microsoft
From my point of view switching from a proprietary application to a free application is always a gain. You can’t control what other people use, but you can take steps to reclaim your own freedom and control.
It’s unfortunate there’s no way to use RCS from a free application, though.
last time i checked i couldn’t get G-Messages to run without proper PlayServices installed.
edit: i believe I could get it to run but not the RCS support! So that made it very useless
Doesn’t Google Messages require access to your contacts to even run? My experience was that it didn’t even ask permission; it just gave itself permission when I first launched it.
It did that to me also. As soon as i tapped Agree, i saw that it had more permissions enabled.
If I was installing it again, I’d try turning off network access before tapping Agree but I’m not sure if this would work.
edit On GrapheneOS you can use scopes and decide which contacts it has access to.
