[NTLUG:Discuss] Off topic but

[David Eddleman]

Before you go and get off in the weeds, consider this.

Android services run as root. They can see everything that passes through
your phone already. I'd wager that the Samsung messaging app is just a
wrapper around messaging that the native OS already handles. High chance
that Google already sees your messages.

Also, Samsung is certainly no saint. A lot of those Korean megacorps have
some very shady history.

If you want privacy, your only real option is to load an unofficial ROM.
GrapheneOS, LineageOS, /e/, Cyanogen, etc. Personally I'm waiting to see
what the hardware partnership between Graphene and Motorola is going to
produce.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM Leroy Tennison <leroy.tennison at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Samsung is discontinuing their (Android) messaging app in July and
> encouraging everyone to switch to Google messages.  I would prefer to not
> give Google any more information about me than they already have and thus
> am looking for an alternative.  I've read about RCS and am not sure I
> "absolutely need that".  Any experiences or recommendations would be
> appreciated.  Thanks.
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