> go into your phone’s app settings and revoke Samsung Messages’ ability to access storage. Until a real solution is released, this will prevent Messages from sending photos or anything else stored on your device, whether you want it to or not.
I tried this but now when I launch the Samsung messages app, it asks me permission to access the phone's storage. When I click 'deny', the app closes so I can't access my messages with this "solution"
They seem to have the advice slightly mixed up. It's not "revoke Samsung Messages storage permissions OR switch to another SMS app" it should be "revoke Samsumg Messages storage permissions AND switch to another SMS app"
Highly recommend https://www.signal.org/ which on Android can act as your normal SMS client (as an added bonus if your contact also uses Signal there are some security enhancements)
I tried this but now when I launch the Samsung messages app, it asks me permission to access the phone's storage. When I click 'deny', the app closes so I can't access my messages with this "solution"