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Google wants carriers to drop SMS for RCS, a new text messaging standard. They aren’t pushing for the elimination of text messages.

• tw04 7y ago
  No, but they are pushing yet another standard that's insecure by default because their entire business model is based on spying on end users.
  • thekyle 7y ago
    How does RCS help Google "spy on users" any more than SMS?
    • tw04 7y ago
      We're talking about the REPLACEMENT for SMS. SMS was developed in a time when encryption and security were barely even an afterthought. if we're designing the messaging standard for the next decade+, why on earth would we want something that's equally insecure? Imagine if SSH didn't exist and we were all still using telnet in 2019. If Google were backing a replacment that lacked even basic encryption, would you be OK with that, or would you point out it's absolutely ridiculous? Because that's what we're talking about here...
      • delfinom 7y ago
        Go ahead, find out how fast you get thrown in national security prison if you try and encrypt SMS as a baseline ;)
        • floatboth 7y ago
          Well, the creators of WhatsApp and iMessage and Signal are not in prison..
    • noselasd 7y ago
      "n June 2019, Google announced that it would begin to deploy RCS on an opt-in basis via the Messages app, with an RCS-compliant service hosted by Google rather than the user's carrier. " So, SMS does not go through google. RCS goes through google.
• frosted-flakes 7y ago
  I'm sure that SMS will remain as a fallback mode for many years to come.