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Verizon blocks messages in old Message+ app

Verizon is shutting down Message+ in favor of Google Messages

Message+ was for a long time the default messaging app for Verizon customers. However, to support a more open messaging service, Verizon is urging users to move to Google Messages

Yahoo · 2d

PSA: Today’s the last day to ditch Verizon’s messaging app for Google Messages

The Verizon Messages+ app will stop working after today (December 9, 2024). The carrier previously extended the Message+ app deadline by a month at the last minute. Verizon recommends users switch to Google Messages for a better texting experience.

9to5google · 2d

Verizon blocks messages in old Message+ app as it pushes users to Google Messages

The day has arrived, as Verizon has officially shut down its Message+ app on Android in favor of Google Messages, but users aren’t happy about the change, especially as the old app has blocked access to messages entirely.

PCMag on MSN · 2d

Verizon Kills Its Messaging Apps—Try These Instead

Verizon has now deleted an FAQ about its discontinued Message+ and Verizon Messages apps. Verizon has said the apps would be fully shut down by today, though a quick search shows the Message+ app is still listed on Apple's App Store.

Android Authority · 3d

PSA: Verizon Message Plus shuts down today, time to switch to replacement apps

Verizon will fully discontinue its Message Plus app today. The carrier recommends that Android users should move to Google Messages.

FBI, iPhone and Android

11Alive · 2d

How you can protect your text messages following FBI warning of massive Chinese hack

Encryption scrambles texts into unreadable code, keeping hackers from reading them. Without it, messages in plain text are vulnerable to spying.

Staten Island Advance · 5d

FBI issues warning about text messages sent between iPhone and Android phones: What you need to know

The FBI has issued a serious warning to everyone who texts using an iPhone or Android phone, according to NBC. Due to a never-before-seen cyberattack, which analysts are calling “Salt Typhoon,” private communications may have been exposed, allowing foreign hackers to spy on messages.

syracuse.com · 6d

FBI issues warning about sending text messages with iPhone, Android phones

The FBI has issued a warning to all Americans sending text messages with iPhone and Android phones.

PhoneArena6h

Google Messages putting American users at risk, report claims

Google Messages only supports end-to-end encryption over RCS, provided the person at the other end also has a recent version ...

Google’s RCS Nightmare—Why You Need A New App

Rather like a slow motion train crash, while Apple’s long-awaited adoption of RCS was quickly celebrated by Google, no sooner had it launched than it was being criticized for its awkward security ...

How to protect text messages between Apple, Android phones from Chinese hacking

Encryption scrambles texts into unreadable code, keeping hackers from reading them. Without it, messages in plain text are vulnerable to spying.

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