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		dragonwriter on July 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in ... And, on most devices, there's no UI distinction between the two in use, MMS vs SMS is just a distinction the phone makes for messages by content.

soylentcola on July 27, 2015 [–]

Additionally, when someone using a non-standard messaging app (like whatever the default iOS app is), sends a message to my Android phone, it doesn't come through as an SMS but rather as an "attachment" to an MMS message.

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