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Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps... like Apple’s own iMessage.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago (7 children)

EU passes the chat interop legislation.
Apple is forced to do RCS.
???
Corpos that shout now declare victory.

First privacy, then USB, now RCS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I don't see this happening. Apple to/from Android are the only texts that the government can easily snoop on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There are mandated back doors in most message apps. Messages between different message systems are normally harder to read