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On the green bubbles, I’m hearing that RCS is just a wrapper and an encrypted protocol could function within RCS will the bubbles go blue then? I really just

On the green bubbles, I’m hearing that RCS is just a wrapper and an encrypted protocol could function within RCS will the bubbles go blue then? I really just want another way to know the level of interaction I can have with someone at that point in time. I think SMS is different enough than RCS to support a different way of realizing it. Whether message bubble color or something else

MBCook 2y ago
I’m not sure they actually told us but you can bet they’re green. Blue = iMessage, not encrypted. Everything else is green. You’re right that RCS is not encrypted by default. Encryption can be added on top, that’s what Google has done on Android. But since it’s not part of the standard and it’s just something Google runs I wouldn’t expect Apple to do that. We’ll find out soon.
- yieldcrv 2y ago
  yeah, Apple has previously said that green means not encrypted, implying that blue is encrypted. Where the SMS aspect of green is just happenstance, and again only implying that the blue of imessage is just happenstance too. I think this phrasing is just a CYA thing. But I’m definitely curious.
  - MBCook 2y ago
    But I think that’s just because SMS wasn’t encrypted. If it was they would just explain things differently. I think the number one thing for them is features. Blue equals all the features, green equals whatever works. So even if RCS were to be done encrypted, which I doubt, it wouldn’t support the message effects or text formatting or iMessage apps. So they would still use blue to differentiate. As things exist today, encryption is simply what they think is most important so that’s what they lead with.
frizlab 2y ago
You can be sure if one thing: if it’s not iMessage, the bubbles won’t go blue.
- yieldcrv 2y ago
  as long as group chats aren't messed up, people will stop caring

MBCook 2y ago

I’m not sure they actually told us but you can bet they’re green. Blue = iMessage, not encrypted. Everything else is green. You’re right that RCS is not encrypted by default. Encryption can be added on top, that’s what Google has done on Android. But since it’s not part of the standard and it’s just something Google runs I wouldn’t expect Apple to do that. We’ll find out soon.

yieldcrv 2y ago
yeah, Apple has previously said that green means not encrypted, implying that blue is encrypted. Where the SMS aspect of green is just happenstance, and again only implying that the blue of imessage is just happenstance too. I think this phrasing is just a CYA thing. But I’m definitely curious.
- MBCook 2y ago
  But I think that’s just because SMS wasn’t encrypted. If it was they would just explain things differently. I think the number one thing for them is features. Blue equals all the features, green equals whatever works. So even if RCS were to be done encrypted, which I doubt, it wouldn’t support the message effects or text formatting or iMessage apps. So they would still use blue to differentiate. As things exist today, encryption is simply what they think is most important so that’s what they lead with.

frizlab 2y ago

You can be sure if one thing: if it’s not iMessage, the bubbles won’t go blue.

yieldcrv 2y ago
as long as group chats aren't messed up, people will stop caring