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Others default to Signal, not SMS, after uninstall

by mlissner on 8/2/22, 5:27 AM with 1 comments

• by mlissner on 8/2/22, 5:27 AM

  This bug means that when somebody uninstalls Signal (or an iPhone disables it for lack of use), people sending messages never learn that the message didn't go through.

  As a result:

    "I just missed out on placing an offer on a house because of this issue."
  
    "Today I ended up uninstalling Signal after an experience where this problem caused me to almost lose two of my friends."
  
    "I just had the experience of being very worried about a friend's well-being because he stopped responding to my messages."
  

  And so forth. It makes Signal a very risky thing to use, not because the encryption is bad, but because the UX is. It seems easy to fix, but Signal never seems to care.