RCS Messaging Thread: Texting of the Future

[XtremelyBaneful]

There is so much that iMessage has that RCS is still missing

What Google Messages features are rolling out [U]

Like most Google apps, Messages A/B tests many features. However, it takes the RCS/SMS client a rather long time...

9to5google.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Agreed with this article

edit: I can't believe I didn't post the article!

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

uh oh, I smell trouble

FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts

US officials urge citizens to use encrypted messaging and calls wherever they can—here’s what you need to know.

www.forbes.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

SMS and RCS have no security when used between Android and iPhones, the security only works on Android phones alone.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

@Lily Adler I like the name change

So I was thinking this is bad news but it's not all bad, just more of Verizon pushing Google messages onto their customers which is a good thing but if I read correctly I thought Verizon themselves were also dropping RCS support. What would that mean for iphone Verizon users?

Samsung Messages to drop RCS support on this major US carrier next year

Samsung Messages may lose RCS support for Verizon users in 2025. Learn more about this change and what it means for you.

www.androidauthority.com

SMS and RCS have no security when used between Android and iPhones, the security only works on Android phones alone.

Yes but SMS has been the standard all this time and it's how iPhones and Androids have been texting for two decades. Why didn't the FBI say something before?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I think it's because China's hackers have now been found to be inside the telecom systems.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

I think it's because China's hackers have now been found to be inside the telecom systems.

Dang, it was China's hackers that did it? And it's because of China that RCS is on iPhones in the first place.

This is spelling more bad news for RCS.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/06/apples-surprising-iphone-update-green-bubbles-end-next-week/

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Ohhhhhh my God. This sounds worse than I thought.

Google’s RCS Nightmare—Why You Need A New App

It’s all suddenly gone wrong for Google Messages—here’s what you need to do.

www.forbes.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Ugh, good God. This is complicating things so much.

FBI Warning—Do You Need To Stop Using RCS On Your iPhone, Android Phone?

Should you switch off RCS after the FBI’s surprise text warning? Here’s what you do.

www.forbes.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Is it the same contributor writing these articles for Forbes?

FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—Change WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Signal Apps

FBI warns all users to stop texting—but secure messaging apps must also be changed. Here’s what you need to know.

www.forbes.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Welcome, Boost mobile!

Another US carrier joins Apple's RCS party with iOS 18.2

iPhone users subscribed to Boost Mobile in the US can now rely on RCS messaging after updating their devices to iOS 18.2.

www.androidauthority.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

This comes off as uninformed imo

Google's end-to-end encryption in Messaging App claims pooh

Misleading Security Claims Tech blogger John Gruber has slammed Google over its claims that its text-messaging app, Google Messages, ensures "conversations are end-to-end encrypted." Gruber poetically said: "That is some serious bull****. It's shamefully misleading regarding Google M...

fudzilla.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Google and GSMA are working together to enable end-to-end encryption with both versions of RCS. So your Galaxy or Pixel can message your iPhone friends and families safe and securely.

But I see social media people pushing Signal over this.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Google and GSMA are working together to enable end-to-end encryption with both versions of RCS. So your Galaxy or Pixel can message your iPhone friends and families safe and securely.

But I see social media people pushing Signal over this.

Signal probably is better, but I'd rather stick to the default texting app if that's what everyone else is doing. I really hope Apple changes the color of their encrypted RCS bubbles.

Make em purple

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Well at least it's on its way

End-to-end RCS encryption with iPhone users is still months away

If you want security, try Signal, Telegram, or Whatsapp for now

www.androidpolice.com

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

I really don't get why these articles keep saying the same thing. Default texting between iPhones and Androids has been SMS which has been unencrypted forever, and now all of a sudden because of RCS they want people to stop?

FBI warns Apple and Android users to avoid RCS messaging — here's why

There's a solution in the works, but its a while off

www.tomsguide.com

 

[Lily Adler]

I really don't get why these articles keep saying the same thing. Default texting between iPhones and Androids has been SMS which has been unencrypted forever, and now all of a sudden because of RCS they want people to stop?

FBI warns Apple and Android users to avoid RCS messaging — here's why

There's a solution in the works, but its a while off

www.tomsguide.com

Basically they don't want people to message each other unless it's on a third party app like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Basically they don't want people to message each other unless it's on a third party app like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal.

I get that, but why are they saying that now? for the past 5-10 years, texting between iOS and Android has been unencrypted. RCS isn't all of a sudden making it unencrypted. at the very least, it's at least encrypted in transit. just not end to end encrypted. to my knowledge, SMS doesn't come with any encryption at all.

 

[Lily Adler]

I get that, but why are they saying that now? for the past 5-10 years, texting between iOS and Android has been unencrypted. RCS isn't all of a sudden making it unencrypted. at the very least, it's at least encrypted in transit. just not end to end encrypted. to my knowledge, SMS doesn't come with any encryption at all.

The nation's largest telecom companies were hacked by Chinese cyber group.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

The nation's largest telecom companies were hacked by Chinese cyber group.

ohhhhhh right right right...I keep forgetting about that lol, silly me

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

This guy again...

RCS Warning For All Google Messages Users—You Need A New App

Why this means you must act now.

www.forbes.com

 

[Lily Adler]

This guy again...

RCS Warning For All Google Messages Users—You Need A New App

Why this means you must act now.

www.forbes.com

Yep, so just know your texts with iPhones aren't secure if you have a Pixel or Galaxy.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Yep, so just know your texts with iPhones aren't secure if you have a Pixel or Galaxy.

basically any Android phone texting with an iPhone on the default texting app. ugh, this sucks. they really need to bring e2ee like yesterday.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Does he really need to keep writing the same article again and again though?

New York AG Warns iPhone, Android Users—Stop Texting After Attacks

Attorney General issues warning after Chinese hackers hit networks—here's what you need to do.

www.forbes.com

 

[Lily Adler]

basically any Android phone texting with an iPhone on the default texting app. ugh, this sucks. they really need to bring e2ee like yesterday.

WhatsApp for international customers or FB Messenger for people in the States.