• RandomBit@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    RCS doesn’t have a cross-platform end-to-end encryption solution. For cross-platform communication, cross-platform 3rd party solutions such as Signal work well.

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      1 year ago

      RCS would still be a benefit to incorporate without the E2E solution, as it would improve nearly every other aspect of communication over SMS/MMS.

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        1 year ago

        I 100% agree that Apple wrong for not supporting RCS (and I am an iPhone user). However, I personally choose to only use E2E for my communication be that iMessage or Signal.

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          Oh, I agree and would love to do the same. However, moving any of my family who currently uses Android over to any other platform is impossible. I can’t tell my wife I won’t text her anymore unless she uses it. That won’t go over well hahah

          Where possible, I use encrypted communication, but if doing so would result in me cutting off a friend or family member, I won’t do so.

          However, I would love to be able to text Android users without crappy quality and the other limitations of SMS/MMS.

    • @RandomBit @jmcs I prefer #Matrix.

      I don’t find #Signal or #Telegram (which is worse, it’s basically a honeypot) to be particularly secure, but I don’t see anything other than something like those platforms catching on with the masses as a sort of #USA-centric #Whatsapp-style replacement for text messaging.

      Both #Apple and #Google need to come up with a consensus on the successor for #MMS, or else I could see another platform or app replacing both.