cm0002@mander.xyz to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 months agoFinally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encryptedtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFinally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encryptedtechcrunch.comcm0002@mander.xyz to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.ml
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agorequires RCS, which cannot be used by anything other than Google messages and not on AOSP, so therefore useless.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI wouldn’t say useless, there are a lot of users who aren’t tech savvy enough to understand why this might be an issue.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoUseless because its a closed black box that may or may not have a back door. You will never know unless we get a source code leak or you get hired at G.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThat’s true, but it’s true for a lot of things, and I prefer small steps into the right direction over none at all.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoRCS is so backwards it’s not a step in the right direction. It’s hardware bound - which tells me they want definite tracking capability.
requires RCS, which cannot be used by anything other than Google messages and not on AOSP, so therefore useless.
I wouldn’t say useless, there are a lot of users who aren’t tech savvy enough to understand why this might be an issue.
Useless because its a closed black box that may or may not have a back door. You will never know unless we get a source code leak or you get hired at G.
That’s true, but it’s true for a lot of things, and I prefer small steps into the right direction over none at all.
RCS is so backwards it’s not a step in the right direction.
It’s hardware bound - which tells me they want definite tracking capability.