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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:35:16 +0100
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Jörg Lorenz, 2024-12-17 07:19:

> Avoid to use RCS! It is not what it seems and it is insecure and does
> not respect your privacy. Elements that could make is safer are
> proprietary Google stuff.
> 
> This is an advice from the FBI.

To be more precise:

The problem is using RCS between Android and Non-Android-Devices since
encryption is not standard for RCS and does not work when you
communicate from Android to iOS or vice versa.

However Android will show you, if messages to a specific recipient will
be sent using encryption or not.

[...]
> Apple and Google could have, and should have, prevented this. Instead,
> Google was worried about tossing barbs at Apple and then taking a
> victory lap even when it didn't really get what it was demanding.

And Apple did not care, because they have iMessage and just ignore
anything outside their ecosystem.

On the other hand - messengers with end-to-end-encryption for iOS and
Android exist.


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Arno Welzel
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