cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/tech@kbin.social/t/26889

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…

  • lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t matter if it’s E2E or not when Google can spy on you directly on the phones at either end.

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Pretty much

      You can use whatever chat clients you want. Multi-billion dollar companies control your OS. They don’t need to sneak in a rootkit: The OS is their rootkit.

      E2E encryption is theoretically nice in the event there is a man in the middle at the cell tower or company. It is of arguable (zero?) value in sim spoof situations. But it is better than not

      But still, don’t trust it for anything that google/apple might care about. Because transmitting and processing voice is hard. Effectively grepping a screen for such dangerous words as “terorrism” and “union” is almost zero cost. Like, I don’t expect google to give a shit about if you like hookers or buy drugs or whatever. But if you are involved in anything that could impact their bottom line…