I'm happy that Apple released encrypted RCS with the latest update. I went and looked at the carriers that I use and thankfully all of them support it.

Funny enough that GoogleFi does not show up on the supported carriers list.

#RCS #ios #googlefi

Anyone else in #Portland having weird mobile Internet coverage? We are on #GoogleFi (because traditionally it has had the best coverage from multiple carriers) and it has only been connecting to LTE instead of 5G for the past day.
Look, I know, #Google is evil, but sometimes they do the right thing.
There was recently a #GoogleFi service outage affecting some customers for hours. Judging from the service credit on my bill today, it appears that they proactively identified every customer who was affected and gave each of them a $20 service credit to compensate them for the outage. For us that's nearly half of our per-person monthly charge.
That's a decent thing to do.
Ref: https://www.androidpolice.com/google-fi-hands-out-credit-after-outage/
Google Fi hands out $20 credit after outage

But it's not for everyone

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Another open question is cellphone carrier. I have been a long time user of #googlefi. I am (a) worried about losing my number if I don't #degoogle correctly, but I am also (b) underwhelmed by the options of US carriers. Google Fi has a simple pricing structure that gives you almost global data roaming by default and an extra data SIM for your tablet/laptop. Never had to talk to a rep or walk in to a store, it is all managed really well. What alternatives are there?
ok AND the Profiles feature on #GrapheneOS apparently means i have to set up #GoogleFi for each profile independently? 😒
Mobilfunk von Google: KI lauscht mit und verbessert den Ton

Unter dem Namen Fi Wireless bietet Google in den USA Mobilfunk an. Neuerdings laufen Telefonate über Google-Server, wo KI eingreift, um Geräusche zu filtern.

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#Google nimmt, was es kriegen kann - und schafft damit auch neue Abhörmöglichkeiten für die amerikanischen Sicherheitsbehörden. Perfide.
#ueberwachung #googlefi #mobilfunk #ueberwachungskapitalismus

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Mobilfunk von Google: KI lauscht mit und verbessert den Ton

Unter dem Namen Fi Wireless bietet Google in den USA Mobilfunk an. Neuerdings laufen Telefonate über Google-Server, wo KI eingreift, um Geräusche zu filtern.

heise online

I got a phone call with some weird audio artifacts in it today, and noticed that my phone said the call was "AI-Enhanced" by Google. One of the things I liked about this service was that it provided end-to-end encryption of calls that "not even Google can listen to", but now they've defaulted me to having voice processed on their servers.

I am FURIOUS. Not at the 'AI' aspect, but that my voice provider would quietly degrade my privacy so much without being clear about it.

#googlefi