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It would be nice if I could get SMS 2FA-type notifcations on my desktop without having to use my phone.

I probably wouldn't use Signal with it, since Beeper's own page seems to suggest that sending Signal messages with it would be less secure! And, I guess, SMS isn't secure to begin with . . .

If I download and install Element, and then look at the SMS bridges available on Matrix's website, the recommended bridge instructions sends me over to Beeper, since I don't have my own server. Old and confused here . . .

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 15 hours ago (12 children)

What OS are you using? Microsoft has a proprietary and data-sucking app that can allow you to send messages from desktop. I can understand wanting to avoid using it.

On Linux there's KDE Connect and a litany of other options as well (KDE Connect breaks a lot in my personal experience, although it has been more stable lately).

Jumping to Beeper for this seems like a bunch of extra steps to mimic things that already exist.

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago (11 children)

Sorry, on Linux Mint 22.1. I'm not a big fan of KDE stuff in general, since it seems like you have to download tons of other stuff just to use one of their apps, but I suppose I could give it a look . . .

[–] palitu@aussie.zone 4 points 10 hours ago

I guess that is one of the issues with reuse of frameworks and things. The first one takes a lot of new stuff. Subsequent KDE software doesn't

I guess there are pro's and cons to all things.

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