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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.