Comment on Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage

• Drunemeton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Rich_Communication_Services

  So any RCS w/ Encryption that you see is referring to Google’s implementation that only runs on Google servers.

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  • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So their implementation is RCS standards with an added encryption layer. What’s the issue?

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    • Drunemeton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have no dog in this race.

      That being said, I guess it’s that it belongs to Google, is therefore propriety, and they have a less than stellar record with honoring privacy and/or keeping projects going.

      Add on that telecoms didn’t want RCS to have encryption, which is why the default standard doesn’t have it, and you have a clusterfuck of privacy concerns, longevity concerns, and licensing concerns.

      Then there’s the abused factor: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-india-spam-verified-business

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      • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So, then the argument here is to just use standard RCS without encryption?

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