We now have a look at RCS on the iPhone, thanks to one beta tester that managed to get RCS working with the current iOS 18 beta.
    • NobodyElse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      321·
      5 months ago

      E2EE is not part of the standard and only exists as a proprietary Google extension, using Google’s servers. Implying that implementing RCS would get everyone cross-platform E2EE is misinformation.

        • naveEnglish
          152·
          5 months ago

          And why should apple (or anyone for that matter) be forced to use googles proprietary code for an “open standard”?

          Also,

          There is, naturally, a wrinkle here. The RCS standard still doesn’t support end-to-end encryption. Apple, which has offered encrypted messaging for over a decade, is kind of a stickler about security. Apple says it won’t be supporting any proprietary extensions that seek to add encryption on top of RCS and hopes, instead, to work with the GSM Association to add encryption to the standard.

          https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/breaking-apple-will-support-rcs-in-2024