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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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…

  • happyhippo@feddit.itEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    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

  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    1·
    3 years ago

    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.

  • GrimChaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Now, open up the RCS API to third party texting apps… Like you said you would many years ago

  • kaato@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 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.