Comment on How RCS on iPhone Will Make Texting Better for Everyone
tentacles9999@lemmynsfw.com 5 months agoLast I had looked into it, although the standard exists, they use their own servers and are not comparable with other res implementations
Comment on How RCS on iPhone Will Make Texting Better for Everyone
tentacles9999@lemmynsfw.com 5 months agoLast I had looked into it, although the standard exists, they use their own servers and are not comparable with other res implementations
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They are also the only RCS supplier on Android. A random messaging app can’t simply add RCS messaging functionality.
It’s not really much of an open standard at all.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 5 months ago
You are correct that an app can't directly implement RCS but it can support it. RCS is implemented by the carrier, not by Google or any other text application.
RCS is an open standard that any carrier can implement to replace SMS/MMS. The only thing special that Google does is on top of RCS is provides E2E via its own servers for handling messaging. The E2E isn't a part of RCS, though it should be IMO. Regardless, Google doesn't 'own' the Android implementation because it isn't a part of Android, other than it can support the carrier's implementation of RCS.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
No app on Android can use RCS yet, other than Google messages.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 5 months ago
Not true. Both Samsung and Verizon messages uses RCS, so long as your carrier has implemented RCS.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 months ago
E2EE via server sounds wrong.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 5 months ago
Well sure. You've got to trust that Jibe isn't man in the middling the key exchanges but regardless, it doesn't change what I said.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you didn’t create private and exchange public keys with the other party, you aren’t fully in control. I’m not saying that as some kind of righteous purist, just a technical point of note.