• Haphazard9479@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t this the technology that allows google/att to look at and analize all my texts? Why would anyone want this?

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        ‘The’ messages app? You know you can install any SMS app you want and don’t have to (and really shouldn’t) keep any Google app on your phone?

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            1 year ago

            Oh, I see. I thought they were referring to the Google messages app as the ‘messages’ app.

        • kadu@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          SMS, the entire protocol, is not secure. It doesn’t matter what app you’re downloading.

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      1 year ago

      RCS doesn’t have to go through Google’s servers - carriers - or I guess Apple - could set up a gateway

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        1 year ago

        @HeartyBeast @stefano @Haphazard9479 Google put up their own because the carriers botched the rollout. The carriers were very fast to deploy MMS servers because they could charge by the picture. Now that they no longer can do that, they were in no hurry to do the upgrade.

        Using Pixel phones, RCS is pretty nice. You do get the three step confirmation (sent, received, read) and end to end encryption.

        Hopefully Apple will implement the encryption.

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          Hopefully Apple will implement the encryption.

          Apple said they are going to implement the open standard so no. Encrypted RCS is proprietary to Google.