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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by richardwhiuk on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:57AM (#25185489)
Doubt people will move from Whatsapp to Android Messages.

Whatsapp is deeply cross platform, which means it captures a much larger fraction of the userbase.

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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by schmorptron on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:39PM (#25190004)
That's true.
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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by samoa42 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @04:22AM (#25196744)
how can it be true when almost everyone works on a platform that cannot run it without piggyback to a smartphone?
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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by samoa42 on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:37AM (#25186099)
> Whatsapp is deeply cross platform

it requires a smartphone with android, ios or kaios. so, no.

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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by lozf on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:02AM (#25187383)
Pretty sure the only one of those platforms that supports RCS is Android (with Google's newly updated default app, rather than any of the many third party SMS apps).
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