cm0002@mander.xyz to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 hours agoFinally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encryptedtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkFinally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encryptedtechcrunch.comcm0002@mander.xyz to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·7 hours agorequires RCS, which cannot be used by anything other than Google messages and not on AOSP, so therefore useless.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI wouldn’t say useless, there are a lot of users who aren’t tech savvy enough to understand why this might be an issue.
minus-squareTurret3857@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoUseless because its a closed black box that may or may not have a back door. You will never know unless we get a source code leak or you get hired at G.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoThat’s true, but it’s true for a lot of things, and I prefer small steps into the right direction over none at all.
requires RCS, which cannot be used by anything other than Google messages and not on AOSP, so therefore useless.
I wouldn’t say useless, there are a lot of users who aren’t tech savvy enough to understand why this might be an issue.
Useless because its a closed black box that may or may not have a back door. You will never know unless we get a source code leak or you get hired at G.
That’s true, but it’s true for a lot of things, and I prefer small steps into the right direction over none at all.