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Nemeski @lemm.ee

1mo ago

RCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support

RCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support

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Use Signal
- I already do but it's nice to have an easy, default way to talk to everyone
  
  Except for those on degoogled android.
- I should hope signal adds sms support back with this.
  
  Logically that makes sense, as they removed SMS support due to some people not realising that using SMS was not secure/encrypted.

MLS is cool because ANY messenger can implement it and talk to another messenger. If implemented, Signal users could have an EE2E conversation with WhatsApp, or Matrix users could have EE2E conversations with RCS users.
The original creator of MLS has a messenger called Wire.
- MLS is designed to support that use case, but the spec to actually intercommunicate between services is still being developed by the MIMI group. MIMI is the logical but entirely optional extension of MLS.
  I don't think carriers will want random chat apps to send messages for free to their infrastructure for spam prevention alone. Companies like Element and Wire are probably going all in on this, but Signal doesn't even want you to use clients they didn't compile, let alone federate between services.
  I believe WhatsApp has chosen to license its API in a documented fashion rather than implement a cross platform messaging protocol after they were forced to open up by the DMA. That said, there are a bunch of Facebook emails in the MIMI protocol discussions, so at least one of their messengers may still end up implementing MIMI when it's finally finished.
- It would be so awesome to have on app to message any platform without any fanfare.
- That would overall be bad for privacy since you will have major weak links. Better to just move everybody to Signal.
  
  What weak link?

I'm not gonna believe any of it. It's probably not just backdored, it probably has its central server at the FBI. Google/Apple/Microsoft have zero respect for your privacy.
- Username does not check out
  
  Yeah, gimmy Linux instead!

This is an update to the standard, right? No actual software support, so we still don’t have it. Is that correct?
- Yeah, that is correct

Really wish they'd push the update to all Android OS's sooner than later

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