Yesterday, Apple began rolling out iOS 18 to iPhones. It brings help for Wealthy Communication Providers (RCS), an upgraded model of SMS/MMS, and a function that Android has been providing since 2019. With that, now when iPhone and Android customers message one another utilizing the inventory messaging app, they’ll have the ability to get pleasure from many further options over SMS/MMS, together with learn receipts, typing indicators, message reactions, and higher-quality media. Sadly, there’s no end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between RCS on Android and iOS, which suggests the messaging expertise is not fully safe. Nicely, a repair for that’s coming quickly.
International System for Cellular Communications (GSMA), the authority governing RCS, has introduced that it’s engaged on E2EE for RCS between Android and iOS. In a press launch, it mentioned “This would be the first deployment of standardized, interoperable messaging encryption between completely different computing platforms, addressing vital technical challenges resembling key federation and cryptographically-enforced group membership. Moreover, customers will profit from stronger protections from rip-off, fraud, and different safety threats.”
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Google, too, has mentioned that it’s engaged on bringing cross-platform E2EE. Google’s Basic Supervisor for Android & Enterprise Communication Merchandise (ABC), mentioned “We’re proud to have provided end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Google Messages with RCS since 2020. We consider that E2EE is a crucial part of safe messaging, and now we have been working with the broader ecosystem to deliver cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats as quickly as potential. Google is dedicated to offering a safe and personal messaging expertise for customers, and we stay devoted to creating E2EE commonplace for all RCS customers whatever the platform.”
