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A better alternative exists for SMS - if players can be persuaded to use it
A more secure standard is available in the form of RCS; Google is its biggest champion
Yong Jun Yuan
Published Tue, Feb 1, 2022 · 05:50 AM
Singapore
FROM personal digital assistants (PDAs) to digital video discs (DVDs), many of the technological inventions of the 1990s have changed dramatically or been replaced today.
Yet, the SMS, or short message service, has lived on mostly unchanged for decades. No wonder, then, that the technology has become embroiled in scams that have cost hundreds of customers millions of dollars.
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