Stefano Marinelli@blendit.bsd.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoApple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down111
arrow-up1240arrow-down1external-linkApple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024www.theverge.comStefano Marinelli@blendit.bsd.cafe to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareHaphazard9479@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down10·10 months agoIsn’t this the technology that allows google/att to look at and analize all my texts? Why would anyone want this?
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·10 months agoThey can already look at your texts when using SMS/MMS, which is what the messages app uses when chatting with non-imessage users. SMS is known to be insecure.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down20·10 months ago‘The’ messages app? You know you can install any SMS app you want and don’t have to (and really shouldn’t) keep any Google app on your phone?
minus-squareburkybang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoThe person you’re replying to is talking about the Messages app on iPhone.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·10 months agoOh, I see. I thought they were referring to the Google messages app as the ‘messages’ app.
minus-squarekadu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoSMS, the entire protocol, is not secure. It doesn’t matter what app you’re downloading.
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoRCS doesn’t have to go through Google’s servers - carriers - or I guess Apple - could set up a gateway
Isn’t this the technology that allows google/att to look at and analize all my texts? Why would anyone want this?
They can already look at your texts when using SMS/MMS, which is what the messages app uses when chatting with non-imessage users. SMS is known to be insecure.
‘The’ messages app? You know you can install any SMS app you want and don’t have to (and really shouldn’t) keep any Google app on your phone?
The person you’re replying to is talking about the Messages app on iPhone.
Oh, I see. I thought they were referring to the Google messages app as the ‘messages’ app.
SMS, the entire protocol, is not secure. It doesn’t matter what app you’re downloading.
RCS doesn’t have to go through Google’s servers - carriers - or I guess Apple - could set up a gateway