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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by dimator on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @03:33AM (#20210468)
Except it's a matter of record that Zuckerberg is intent on undoing e2ee in whatsapp, and increasing ads[1]. you can't inject ads unless you're scanning the texts.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/whatsapp-fou...

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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by dx034 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @04:18AM (#20210639)
You can provide ads based on metadata alone, no need for message contents.
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Re:Google Is Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout by votepaunchy on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:33AM (#20211451)
Ads based on metadata reveal message contents (people, location, time, and potentially message summarization).
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