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RCS e2e can be disabled by anyone with your phone number and technical ability/means to sim swap. There’s a public site to do this: https://messages.google.com
by aspenmayer 5y ago
RCS e2e can be disabled by anyone with your phone number and technical ability/means to sim swap. There’s a public site to do this:
https://messages.google.com/disable-chat https://messages.google.com/disable-chat
- dividuum 5y agoMaybe I’m misunderstanding the implications, but isn’t the mechanism mentioned below the exact same thing for iMessage? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29899880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29899880
- kelnos 5y agoIf someone already has managed to swap/clone/steal my SIM, them being able to disable RCS on my number is pretty low on the list of problems I am going to care about.
- aspenmayer 5y agoI’m pointing out flaws with the implementations of both iMessage and RCS, not critiquing your own personal opsec. Group RCS isn’t e2e, unlike iMessage. That’s the main point.