Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agoRCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkRCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support9to5google.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareMatty_rlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoLogically that makes sense, as they removed SMS support due to some people not realising that using SMS was not secure/encrypted.
minus-squarewhite_nrdylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoWhy would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
minus-squareMatty_rlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoDidn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption
Logically that makes sense, as they removed SMS support due to some people not realising that using SMS was not secure/encrypted.
Why would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
Didn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption