This will be great for secure communication with people who have yet to switch to Android
Apple Begins Testing End-to-End Encryption for RCS Messaging
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/ios-26-4-rcs-encryption-testing/
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/ios-26-4-rcs-encryption-testing/
This will be great for secure communication with people who have yet to switch to Android
9 Comments
extremeboredom@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 215d
And RCS is finally working again on GrapheneOS, eliminating a major excuse people use for why it's just too hard to switch.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 215d
Yeah, but you still have to use messages, right?
extremeboredom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 215d
Yes, but those married to RCS are clearly not concerned about that.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 215d
True, I was just kinda hoping maybe graphene had found a way around that, that I hadn't heard about yet.
Rcs kinda sucks, but it would be nice to have it as an option. And messages isn't an option for me, sooooo lol
extremeboredom@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 215d
Fingers crossed, gOS has said they are working on their own implementation.
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 215d
Graphene is working on their own RCS app? Source on that?
d0ntpan1c@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 215d
Biggest reason (iirc) its tied to Messages is because google's RCS server (which was not bound to a carrier) was the only option for a long time and that server is tied to Messages. Now that carriers are running their own RCS to support iOS and some carriers have had their android users migrated over from googles servers, there's much more incentive for apps other that Messages to support RCS.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 215d
RCS is hardware-bound garbage.
mudkip@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 215d
True