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From what I understand, RCS is not encrypted so that the carriers can implement it as a SMS replacement and still comply with wire tapping regulations (IANAL, s
by JustSomeNobody 9y ago
From what I understand, RCS is not encrypted so that the carriers can implement it as a SMS replacement and still comply with wire tapping regulations (IANAL, so if anything I just said is wrong, please respond).
However, once RCS is implemented by the carriers, I see no reason Google's Allo couldn't be updated to use RCS and still implement an encryption layer on top of it.
- arbitrage 9y agoAbsolutely. Google won't do that, however.
- ViViDboarder 9y agoOr just ignore it altogether. Why bother implementing RCS if you can already ensure Android phones can talk with whatever protocol you want and iPhones will probably only support SMS and iMessage anyway. What value does it really add to customers? The value to Google is it’s a protocol they don’t have to maintain and an excuse to ignore encryption.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoThis is a valid point. By backing/pushing RCS, Google doesn't have to maintain the infrastructure (servers, protocol, etc) to support messaging as this would be on the carriers.
- pmontra 9y agoPeople will keep using WhatsApp, Messengwr and to a lesser extent Telegram. Chat is the nth Google attempt in that space and everybody remembers that the previous ones failed. That memory is all it takes to make this one fail too. The only chance: make it replace the stock Messaging app, the one for SMSes. Then route messages trasparently to the SMS gateway or to RCS.
- Eridrus 9y ago> The only chance: make it replace the stock Messaging app, the one for SMSes. This is exactly what is happening.