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		darrenf on Oct 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I asked Signal motivations for SMS removal It's down from the peak, but 40 billion SMSes were sent in the UK in 2021. I would be staggered if this number was majority B2C/2FA. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271561/number-of-sent-sm...

jhugo on Oct 19, 2022 [–]

I would be staggered if it wasn't majority spam, OTPs, and automated reminders.

Beldin on Oct 19, 2022 | [–]

Born & raised in the EU, have had a phone for 25ish years. Have never encountered SMS spam. Most I've had is 3 or 4 cases of SMS phishing attempts (which isn't spam).

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