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> Like SMS itself is a legacy, insecure tech, it really should not be used at all anymore, unless you really only know their phone number.

I use SMS mostly because the only people I know who don't are using Facebook stuff and I'm not going to do that. But I am nervous about the say when people stop using SMS so much because I don't look forward to having to have multiple messaging apps and trying to remember who is using what.

> You can’t send images/videos through a Short Messaging Service, period.

I do that all the time.



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