Google Messages prepares end-to-end encryption for RCS

[makingmusic476]

XDA | Google Messages prepares end-to-end encryption for RCS, Google Fi integration, manual cloud restores

One feature that popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram support but RCS hasn't is end-to-end encryption, but it looks like Google is preparing to add support for that on their own end. The biggest new feature that is in the works in Google Messages 6.2.031 is "End-to-End Encrypted Rich Communication Service messages." According to the strings, you'll have the option to send messages with end-to-end encryption or, if your data connection is poor, without encryption by falling back to SMS/MMS.

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I didn't know this was even possible with RCS.

 

[chefbags]

Lmao for a second I thought Google was gonna end RCS and thought "of course they are" haha.

 

[Spinluck]

I can't get this shit to work on my Messages app. Got to work on my old phone with the Activity Launcher trick but it's not working here.

 

[refusi0n1]

Lmao for a second I thought Google was gonna end RCS and thought "of course they are" haha.

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Same

 

[makingmusic476]

Lmao for a second I thought Google was gonna end RCS and thought "of course they are" haha.

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Thankfully not.

 

[Possum Armada]

Have no need for this, but good for those who need it.

 

[Septimus Prime]

If this is good, I might switch back from Signal.

 

[captmcblack]

But will this bypass carrier/device agnostic fuckery?

 

[jelly]

If this is good, I might switch back from Signal.

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How do you even get friends and family to use Signal!

 

[SnakeXs]

Have no need for this, but good for those who need it.

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What a strange statement.

 

[Pagusas]

Thankfully not.

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give it time

 

[oledome]

Good stuff but backing up RCS needs to be figured out, I'm sticking with SMS until that happens.

 

[lenovox1]

But will this bypass carrier/device agnostic fuckery?

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Only if you use Google Messages.

 

[Deleted member 13148]

How do you even get friends and family to use Signal!

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More of my friends and family use signal than any other messaging app. We have a 20+ person group chat we regularly use.

 

[makingmusic476]

Only if you use Google Messages.

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Hopefully other apps with the same implementation of RCS will be compatible.

9to5 Google | Google Messages preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages

For now, there aren't enough details to know for sure what the exact requirements are for using this end-to-end encryption. It's possible that both parties will need to be using the Google Messages app, though this could change once more apps gain support.

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