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If 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
by CarriersSuck 7y ago
If 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.