Technology @lemmy.world Lagomorph @rabbitea.rs 1 yr. ago

Google Messages just flicked the switch on end-to-end encryption for all RCS and group chats

chromeunboxed.com Google Messages just flicked the switch on end-to-end encryption for all RCS and group chats

Google just announced that all RCS conversations in Messages are now fully end-to-end encrypted, even in group chats. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is replacing traditional text and picture messaging, providing you with more dynamic and secure features. With RCS enabled, you can sha...

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Google just announced that all RCS conversations in Messages are now fully end-to-end encrypted, even in group chats. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is replacing traditional text and picture messaging, providing you with more dynamic and secure features. With RCS enabled, you can share high-res photos and videos, see typing indicators for your...

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Technology @kbin.social realcaseyrollins @kbin.projectsegfau.lt 1 yr. ago

Google Messages just flicked the switch on end-to-end encryption for all RCS and group chats

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Fun fact, a group I knew in uni made an end to end encryption program that sent messages through Google more than a decade ago and Google got really, really mad at them threatening to shut down all Google accounts associated with all IP addresses they used.

Guarantee it's not fully E2E.
Reminds me how much I hate Apple.

Thanks Google for making Android.

Now please turn the evil knob down a notch and go back being the awesome company you once were.

Edit: typo
Now, open up the RCS API to third party texting apps... Like you said you would many years ago
Using Signal since a few years. Don’t know anything about security but from a user perspective, I can highly recommend it. Takes some time converting your friends but after that it does its thing.
Kinda wary to switch in case it turns up in the Google Graveyard.
Definitely happy that this is happening, good on them. However in practice since most of my friends are on iOS I'm still reduced to SMS/MMS and a terrible user experience
But everything still kept in their cloud right?
As an Apple owner I hope Apple will implement this too. I live in a country where everybody communicates through WhatsApp unfortunately.
I think it's a good move. Carriers are decentralized by design, af if they were not greedy and stupid, they could come up with at least one decent messaging. RCS is good by they did not make e2e mandatory in the protocol.
The fuck is google messages? Is this what replaced hangouts?
You bet it's end to end and encrypted with my key and your key and our friends key the CIA's key... Wait, what?

/s... I hope
This is cool and all but one feature I'd love to see is search functionality actually working
I think this is the first feature RCS provides which I want.
Changed wording of headline
Still won't be using it. Sworry!

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