DannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoNothing Phone builds a blue bubble iMessage bridge while Google and Apple fight over RCSwww.androidcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square204fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down142
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minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoThanks, yes SMS is insecure, but its also not routing through Google, so it is already more secure than RCS.
minus-square𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf we’re going only on security then Google Messages is a way better choice since they use Signal E2EE. SMS has no encryption at all so Google, your carrier, and everyone in between can spy on the contents of all your SMS messages. With RCS Google is only getting the metadata and no one can just listen in on your chats
Thanks, yes SMS is insecure, but its also not routing through Google, so it is already more secure than RCS.
If we’re going only on security then Google Messages is a way better choice since they use Signal E2EE.
SMS has no encryption at all so Google, your carrier, and everyone in between can spy on the contents of all your SMS messages.
With RCS Google is only getting the metadata and no one can just listen in on your chats