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benjojo posted 12 Mar 2025 15:52 +0000

It really does seem like the purpose of RCS Messaging is to bring the same experience that the Americans do with spam on mobile phones to the rest of the world.

Until RCS ready kicked off I'd rarely gotten any spam, now every single piece of spam/scam/phishing SMS I get is over RCS using either groups or the E2E features

dee@social.treehouse.. replied 12 Mar 2025 15:59 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/rg99S4z4wys2bddpWv

@benjojo hmmm, I don't think GrapheneOS has RCS support, and I've not installed the Google Messages app... I wonder if the phone network thinks I can receive it 🤔

benjojo replied 12 Mar 2025 16:07 +0000
in reply to: https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dee/statuses/114150287969997729

@dee I just tried to see if my phone thinks I can RCS you, and it wants to use SMS/MMS, so I guess...yay?

dee@social.treehouse.. replied 12 Mar 2025 16:08 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/WDxXZz2gS2pv1WTQ93

@benjojo nice, I received a Signal, but nothing else... so I assume it's good.

gsuberland@chaos.soc.. replied 12 Mar 2025 16:02 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/rg99S4z4wys2bddpWv

@benjojo text messaging was never meant to have read receipts and I will die on this hill

jamesog@mastodon.soc.. replied 12 Mar 2025 17:10 +0000
in reply to: https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/rg99S4z4wys2bddpWv

@benjojo I turned off RCS on my phone once I got my first bit of spam over it. Most people I talk to use Signal anyway so 🤷🏼‍♂️