Nemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoRCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down10
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkRCS update adds end-to-end encryption, Google and Apple confirm support9to5google.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareByteMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI already do but it’s nice to have an easy, default way to talk to everyone
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoExcept for those on degoogled android.
minus-squareairglow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMolly is a Signal client fork that uses UnifiedPush instead of Google’s push notification service.
minus-squarebonus_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoI should hope signal adds sms support back with this.
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLogically that makes sense, as they removed SMS support due to some people not realising that using SMS was not secure/encrypted.
minus-squarewhite_nrdy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhy would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDidn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption
Use Signal
I already do but it’s nice to have an easy, default way to talk to everyone
Except for those on degoogled android.
Molly is a Signal client fork that uses UnifiedPush instead of Google’s push notification service.
I should hope signal adds sms support back with this.
Logically that makes sense, as they removed SMS support due to some people not realising that using SMS was not secure/encrypted.
Why would it make sense? Currently on Android, RCS isn’t a system level thing like SMS is. So Signal won’t easily be able to pull it in. Unless they implement their own implementation of RCS and the Universal Profile.
Didn’t say it would be easy, just that it would make sense if they wanted to add it back in if it supported encryption