With RCS rolling out on the iPhone, Google is working on cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Android and iPhone.

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    2 months ago

    Proper end-to-end, or one allowing Google to datamine messages for ad-targeting purposes?

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      2 months ago

      For me, it was cool seeing the RCS indicator, but I didn’t see any functional changes. Texting with someone on Android is the same as it was with SMS

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        2 months ago

        The main benefit is if a video gets sent cross platform, it doesn’t get compressed to 2005 potato cam