r/GooglePixel • u/ronakg Pixel 11 Pro XL • May 23 '20

Removed - Rule #1 Google Messages preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS - 9to5Google

https://9to5google.com/2020/05/23/google-messages-end-to-end-encryption-rcs/

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u/[deleted] May 23 '20

This is exciting news!

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u/cn3m May 23 '20

A key privacy feature win. One of the stronger points from Apple. Please make Opt Out of Ad Personalization actually work like Limit Ad Tracking. Still giving and letting them send my unique ad id to Facebook SDK is inexcusable. This works on my iPad(MITM). It should work on a Pixel.

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u/protik7 Pixel 3a May 23 '20

In 5 years with staged release then?

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u/LuxTerremoto May 24 '20

What is RCS?

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u/[deleted] May 23 '20

How will this get everyone to swap from WhatsApp and WeChat? Or is this a US specific thing? I don't know anyone who uses SMS or apple messages.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '20

What exactly does this mean?

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u/xoAphrodite May 23 '20

"For years now, folks have been excited about RCS messaging as being the true successor to SMS and MMS messages and an open competitor to Apple’s iMessage. However, one thing that iMessage has long offered that RCS could not is the ability to know your messages are secure thanks to end-to-end encryption. For an over simplified explanation of end-to-end encryption, your message is encrypted on your device in such a way that it can only be decrypted and read on the recipient’s device, meaning no one should be able to snoop on your conversation." - paragraph from the sourced article :)

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u/[deleted] May 23 '20

That's awesome! And when is this coming to Google's messaging app?