Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages
by viraptor on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:14AM
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This comment is just full of misunderstandings. Why do they bother? They're supporting a standard the same way they support SMS. So far extra charges are not common and any provider I can find includes RCS in data plan. RCS is not a Google service either so they can't really kill it. I'm not sure why you're so biased against the idea, but posting fud about it is not great.
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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages
by corty on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:04AM
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RCS isn't "a standard", it is a dozen or so. Every carrier does it differently, so does Google, so does maybe Apple. The ecosystem will be fragmented along carrier lines and OSes. And the software is a Google (Android branded, but same difference) thing, so of course they can and will kill it at some point. I'm not posting FUD, I'm trying to point out that RCS is looking dead on arrival. Industry people even said so 5 years ago. All the signs are there. The horse they are riding is stillborn. https://disruptivewireless.blogspot.com/2015/05/rcs-is-still...