return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoApple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bangwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bangwww.theverge.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squarefartsparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoOnly Google’s proprietary extension has encryption. The actual industry standard specification of RCS has no encryption defined at all.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYes, that’s the right thing todo. My understanding was that Google went down this path and didn’t succeed, so went ahead with their own. Maybe have the other major mobile os onboard will be enough to get the carriers off their asses
minus-squarebrandocorp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’ll take that as a win!
minus-squarefartsparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWe will find out when they push the update.
Only Google’s proprietary extension has encryption. The actual industry standard specification of RCS has no encryption defined at all.
Yes, that’s the right thing todo. My understanding was that Google went down this path and didn’t succeed, so went ahead with their own. Maybe have the other major mobile os onboard will be enough to get the carriers off their asses
So….Apple good?
I’ll take that as a win!
We will find out when they push the update.