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Just what we need: more services to depend on the already-obsolete SMS. From the standpoint of a gov't agency, that decision makes a lot of sense, but just further illustrates to me how badly we need to transition to messaging protocols like XMPP that are designed for use in the modern world.

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Still more efficient, and environmentally friendlier, than traditional stamps.

Oh, definitely. It's also a bit of a wasted opportunity in some ways, as it becomes harder to retire SMS with each service built on top of it.

Well there is no reason the service has to rely on SMS. In this case it does, but in the future there does not be a lock in right?

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