Stardard FOSS Way to Send/Recieve SMS from Laptop/Desktop? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by anon2963@infosec.pub to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I am wondering what the standard tool is for sending and receiving SMS and MMS on a device that does not have a SIM card in it.

Is there some tool that can do it natively? Is there a specific carrier that is commonly used for this? Is there some sort of selfhosted service that bridges it to email, and if so do I need to put a SIM card in my server?

Bonus points if I can do it within Emacs.

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[-] stoi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

How would this transfer SMS to desktop?

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well you'd start here

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/how-use-meshtastic/

You self host a comms server, i use matrix, and that forwards the message to you.

If you're directly tied to the SMS protocol you can setup a repeater here https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/an-off-grid-makeshift-cell-network/

https://wiki.matrixcomsec.com/index.php?title=How_to_send_and_receive_SMS_using_SMS_Gateway_in_SARVAM_UCS%3F

Then it's meshtastic -> Matrix -> SMS gateway

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