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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by corty on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:11AM (#25186375)
Whatsapp is the biggest example, but the same goes for Signal, Threema, partially Matrix, XMPP and Telegram.

Where is the advantage over those? Why should Joe Average use it?

After all, even if RCS will have E2EE, I still need to trust Google to do it right, not helpfully backup plaintext, etc. And all the carriers seem to need to be on board. Let's see how that goes...

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Re:Google Is Testing End-to-End Encryption in Android Messages by macspoofing on Monday November 23, 2020 @02:23PM (#25190597)
Android needs a default SMS client, so might as well enable E2E encryption(or provide the option to). Is it secure? A little, maybe. E2E encryption over proprietary clients, on closed platforms, is as secure as HTTPS, in that, it provides some value but I wouldn't bank on this to protect you from government spying or even police investigations.
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