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How can this article not mention "encryption" even once when that's the major point of contention?
by jupp0r 2y ago
How can this article not mention "encryption" even once when that's the major point of contention?
- gouggoug 2y agoIt does > Right now, when people on iOS and Android message each other, the service falls back to SMS — photos and videos are sent at a lower quality, messages are shortened, and importantly, conversations are not end-to-end encrypted like they are in iMessage.
- jupp0r 2y agoThis pertains to SMS, not RCS. We've already known for three decades that SMS are not end to end encrypted.
- acdha 2y agoBecause RCS doesn’t have end to end encryption. Google has a proprietary service which is restricted to their own client, but no other RCS client can use it.