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The difference is that with e2e encryption the carriers don't see your plaintext, while they do with TLS since they terminate the TLS connection on their end.
by fabrice_d 7y ago
The difference is that with e2e encryption the carriers don't see your plaintext, while they do with TLS since they terminate the TLS connection on their end.
- CarriersSuck 7y agoIf RCS is a standard what's stopping someone from writing an app that encrypts your plaintext? Sure, it'll leak meta data, but at least the actual plaintext is encrypted.
- buzzerbetrayed 7y agoCouldn’t you just do the same thing with sms today?
- parliament32 7y agoAlready done ~10 years ago, it was TextSecure, the predecessor to Signal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextSecure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextSecure
- fabrice_d 7y agoNothing, but you need all your contacts to use a compatible client. I really hope something like https://messaginglayersecurity.rocks/ https://messaginglayersecurity.rocks/ takes off and that we end up with good e2e interop without having to rely on a single vendor.