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Is there any reason someone couldn't make an sms client that gives the option of encryption assuming the person you are conversing with was using a client follo
by superturkey650 7y ago
Is there any reason someone couldn't make an sms client that gives the option of encryption assuming the person you are conversing with was using a client following the same encryption protocol? It would require a few automated texts to exchange keys but would allow encrypted communication over sms easily.
I'm guessing there just isn't a big enough market for it given that people are willing to create an account with WhatsApp to get the same thing.
- warkdarrior 7y agoAnd WhatsApp could easily extend their app to move encrypted messages over RCS.
- gnomewascool 7y agoThat's exactly what TextSecure (now Signal) used to do[0]. Since the code is open-source, somebody has forked the SMS code and apparently kept it alive[1]. (It's even on both F-Droid and Google Play.) [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/638621/ https://lwn.net/Articles/638621/ [1] https://git.silence.dev/Silence/Silence-Android/ https://git.silence.dev/Silence/Silence-Android/