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Re:Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Andr... by madeofpalk on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:51PM (#43375071)
> Green means it was sent as a normal SMS

No it doesn't, and it would mean that even less when green messages start meaning end-to-end encrypted RCS.

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Re:Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Andr... by ExoticPearTree on Sunday March 16, 2025 @05:25AM (#43377788)
What does it mean then? Genuine question.
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Re:Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Andr... by madeofpalk on Monday March 17, 2025 @02:31PM (#43391415)
Blue means iMessage, and supports iMessage features.

Green means not-iMessage and supports SMS / MMS / RCS features.

Presumably when Apple rolls this out, both blue and green messages could be end-to-end encrypted. It remains to be seen whether Apple will add an indicator for RCS (and potentially iMessage) encrypted messages. I could imagine them being jerks about it and not indicating when green messages are just as secure as iMessage, or they adjust their messages that iMessage is more secure/private because Apple trusts their own key exchange more than RCS.

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