U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s not a fan of “green texts on iPhones” and that it’s “time to break up Apple’s smartphone monopoly,” but statistics show the tech giant doesn’t have exclusive c…
  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Blue texts are sent using proprietary encryption. Green texts are standard SMS/MMS protocol. Apple has pressed GSM to include encrypted RCS for SMS/MMS. The government is not a fan. She can be upset, but there’s no reason for Apple to give away proprietary encryption software or foot the server cost for transmission.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      7 months ago

      First of all proprietary encryption is BS which should be equated to obfuscation instead of encryption.

      Second, I think I’ve addressed this:

      but their ads etc have pretty consistent emotional messages. Yes, they do endorse it.