Google says iMessage is too powerful

Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by aspenmayer on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:54PM (#29900220)

RCS e2e can be disabled by anyone with your phone number and technical ability/means to sim swap. There’s a public site to do this:

https://messages.google.com/disable-chat

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by dividuum on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @07:33PM (#29900616)

Maybe I’m misunderstanding the implications, but isn’t the mechanism mentioned below the exact same thing for iMessage? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29899880

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by kelnos on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:03PM (#29900942)

If someone already has managed to swap/clone/steal my SIM, them being able to disable RCS on my number is pretty low on the list of problems I am going to care about.

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Re:Google says iMessage is too powerful by aspenmayer on Thursday January 13, 2022 @06:56AM (#29919724)

I’m pointing out flaws with the implementations of both iMessage and RCS, not critiquing your own personal opsec.

Group RCS isn’t e2e, unlike iMessage. That’s the main point.

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