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javagram on Nov 22, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter lets you use 2FA without a phone number

MMS is used for group texting.

It's extremely common in the USA since most people in the usa have phone plans that include unlimited MMS and SMS, third-party chat apps like WhatsApp never became ubiquitous here as a result of that basic functionality being available through the phone.

filleokus on Nov 22, 2019 [–]

Aah, MMS, that makes sense.

I think most people here use either Messenger or iMessage, the latter being the case in my circle of friends.

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