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Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted (techcrunch.com)

submitted 6 months ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/android@lemdro.id

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 30 points 6 months ago (5 children)

requires RCS, which cannot be used by anything other than Google messages and not on AOSP, so therefore useless.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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.

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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

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.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 6 months ago

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.

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 point 5 months ago

If you're able to use AOSP, I'm sure you can find methods of encrypted communication

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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted

article writer just found out about Signal

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[–] biscuit@lemdro.id 6 points 6 months ago

Signal doesn't send messages via your carrier, like a "text".

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[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Here in the rest of the world that doesn't use miles for distances, having to use than your phone's SMS/RCS app (that goes through your carrier) has been a norm for quite a while.You can clearly tell that this is news mostly for the US audience (who also uses stuff like voicemail instead of calling again - who the hell even listens to their voicemails?).

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[–] vietnoomer@lemdro.id 1 point 5 months ago

IDK why anyone is salty about your comment, dumb af everyone is using Viber in many countries, actually shit I think they moved on from it to a new one, point stands, idk we got our own domestic shit here now. Don't necessarily need FOSS entirely bc our ass is not owned by Jeffrey Epstein.

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