Originally Posted by
lsquare
Are iMessage and WhatsApp capable of sending encrypted messages on UA Wifi? I usually don't use Wifi anywhere outside of my home without a VPN.
I can't speak to encryption "on UA WiFi" but WhatsApp messages are E2E encrypted from sender to receiver.
Originally Posted by
Beltway2A
The title should probably read as some variant "Free Messaging for Apple and Facebook users" coming.
It doesn't seem like there's any support for SMS (even over Wifi), Signal or any other program. Us Android users who don't participate in the "Meta-verse" of data collection don't seem to be able to participate.
But that's wrong. WhatsApp is a separate app. Yes, it's owned by Facebook but the two are wholly separate and FB is not required to use WhatsApp.
SMS relies on the carrier which isn't available via WiFi so that's not going to work. But iMessage can be sent via WiFi.
-RM