Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.hispagatos.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Powell Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 18:51:57 +0200 Organization: Hispagatos.org Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 16:51:58 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: matrix.hispagatos.org; logging-data="11553"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@hispagatos.org" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.372 (x86; Portable ISpell) Bytes: 2084 Lines: 14 On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 17:46:35 +0100, Andy Burns wrote: >> Nobody on Android has to log into a server to use their mms sms app. >> If your Android phone requires it, then you're doing something wrong. >> >> What Android phone are you using which requires a login account? > > The credentials to use sms/mms are stored in the SIM ... But that works independent of any Internet login password server accounts. Nobody on Android has to connect to the Internet with a login & password account just to use the default messaging that comes with every Android. Not sure about MLS or RCS though, as that's not the default, is it?