Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users

Re:Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Andr... by lxgr on Sunday March 16, 2025 @08:07AM (#43378372)

So your hospital uses the same group chats for banter and on-call pages? That really sounds quite dangerous (in addition to stressful for the person receiving pages). Again, not sure if you are in any position to suggest changes here, but would an actual on-call paging system not make sense here?

There are so many apps/services available for this exact purpose that can alert (with or without sound, per user choice) through iOS's and Android's "do not disturb" mode, can call or text several numbers in sequence (useful in places with weak signal but a landline) and much more.

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Re:Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Andr... by devilbunny on Monday March 17, 2025 @02:35PM (#43391449)

No, hospital doesn’t, but my group does often mix business and pleasure and I don’t have the luxury of ignoring them even if I happen to be on call.

The multiple-dial might help if we had a fixed location, but we don’t. Getting boosters or microcells in dead spots is just now happening, but the IT department could also enable WiFi calling, which they block.

It’s a long litany of hair-pulling.

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