> I'll just have to hope that Google figures out a way integrate a seamless, opportunistic end-to-end encryption protocol into the default Android messaging cli

> I'll just have to hope that Google figures out a way integrate a seamless, opportunistic end-to-end encryption protocol into the default Android messaging client, since Signal is deliberately dropping the ball here. This is what Google's RCS implementation is, to my understanding. Although the end-to-end bit might be a bit on the squishy "kinda-maybe-sorta" side, rather than Signal's enforcing of it.