> This is why we intend to build MLS into Google Messages and support its wide deployment across the industry by open sourcing our implementation in the Android

> This is why we intend to build MLS into Google Messages and support its wide deployment across the industry by open sourcing our implementation in the Android codebase. Weeeell… Let's just say that this might also be a very smart move on Google's part, a classic "using Open as a weapon" strategy that sidesteps their historic issues with "yet another (cancelled) messaging app" by baking the functionality into a lower level of their platform: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cauldron/ar01s11.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/magic-cau... https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/03/be-wary-of-geeks-bearing-gifts/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/04/03/be-wary-o... https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/12/open-source-as-weapon.html https://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/12/open-source-as-weapon.h... Whether this ultimately solves the "blue vs. green bubbles" issue is an open question, but I suspect they'll (eventually) at least gain some leverage by introducing an equivalent UI affordance that legitimately indicates something like more-/less-/insecure.