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Actual Budget looks like a promising self-hosted option. Don’t think there’s any bank linking, though it’s been on the roadmap for a while. I’ve looked around and haven’t found anything else that I’d believe isn’t selling all of your financial data to advertisers.
Yep, the hardest part of Signal is convincing everyone you text to use it. Though, once you do, it’s awesome!
SMS as a protocol is pretty bunk. I’m not sure any app can save it. That’s why I just stick to the default SMS app. Well, that, and because that app is made by Anrdoid and your carrier, who can already track everything anyway, so there’s no (extra) privacy hit.
Signal / Matrix when possible and default sms app when not.
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Fix that link for you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37011346
I had PB&J ice cream once. Maybe not my favorite, but it was yummy and memorable.