Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoRCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1164
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minus-squarewhite_nrdy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWhy would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoDidn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption
Why would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
Didn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption