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  • Re: w/o the govt, fed or China listening

    From phigan@21:3/193 to Ogg on Thu Jan 22 15:27:06 2026
    Never heard of textnow. Sounds like they operate on pushing ads in the
    app?

    Pretty much. I'm not sure if it's because I've had it a while or what, but I'm not running the app at all, and the SIM still has service. You do have to keep running the app once a week or so to keep your number if you want to do that.. but I don't have it even installed.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to phigan on Fri Jan 23 07:21:54 2026
    phigan wrote to Adept <=-

    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty awesome. I am using it with my own self hosted mail server, and it
    works great with that TextNow sim that gives you free data for maps, email, and rideshare apps.

    That's the one that sends encrypted blobs via email as a transport?
    Sounds like a good way of providing encrypted chat without having to
    invent a back-end.



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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Jan 23 19:55:00 2026
    Hello pF!

    Not sure how old that thread about DeltaChat is, but that app is pretty
    awesome.[...]

    That's the one that sends encrypted blobs via email as a transport?
    Sounds like a good way of providing encrypted chat without having to
    invent a back-end.

    The blobs are actual PGP BLOCKS. You can even share the generated keys to anyone else who might like to use them in their own email MTA.


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