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RCS is only used if you otherwise would have used SMS, which is also not end-to-end encrypted. I certainly think they should have added encryption, but RCS does
by JoshTriplett 6y ago
RCS is only used if you otherwise would have used SMS, which is also not end-to-end encrypted. I certainly think they should have added encryption, but RCS doesn't make things any worse than it already is, or make anything plaintext that would have been encrypted.
- thu2111 6y agoThey can't, it makes no sense to add such encryption to SMS. The end user would have to manually manage keys. It didn't make sense on WhatsApp or iMessage either of course but for different reasons - there the problem is the apps are a monopoly for that service. They can update at any time and alter the encryption as they see fit. They already did this to stop people forwarding messages on WhatsApp, which makes a mockery of the concept of e2e encryption.