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There is some important information missing: recent EU legislation ( Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act , aka DMA and DSA) will force the big provider
by the_duke 4y ago
There is some important information missing: recent EU legislation ( Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act , aka DMA and DSA) will force the big providers to open up their platforms.
That includes chat service interoperability, allowing app side loading and alternative app stores, .... and a mandate to not restrict any significant functionality to first party only solutions, like JITs on iOS.
So this will become reality soon, at least in the EU.
The interesting thing will be if Apple opens up globally, or if they restrict this regionally.
ps: companies will definitely delay and fight opening up however they can, but the regulation at least avoids many problems that GDPR had and should be easier to enforce.
- vxNsr 4y agoCan anyone explain how chat interoperability could work while maintaining meaningful encryption?
- Kbelicius 4y agoI don't know but at least now will find out.
- weberer 4y agoYou send your friend your public key. He sends you his public key. You can now chat over any protocol as long as you encrypt the payload using your keys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
- vxNsr 4y agoHow does this for people who aren’t security experts? Most people will at some point lose their private key.
- smoldesu 4y ago> meaningful encryption I don't think that was table stakes for SMS, iMessage or RCS. "Encryption", with the caveat that all first-world law enforcement can peek inside if they want, is not meaningful. Sorry.