submitted 4 months ago by Comexs@monero.town to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So in the new upcoming major feature update for IOS, Apple is adding RCS support in there messaging app. What are the privacy implications of adopting RCS?

Is there any other apps that have RCS support on Android other than Google's own messaging app?

The reason for my asking is because I was considering migrating my relatives' messaging app to a RCS supported one because they will probably most likely enjoy the extra bandwidth of RCS.

Note, they're already using Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp for most of their conversations.

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[-] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

RCS is just SMS experience through Google's servers, just like what you have with iMessage. It may even be worse in term of what the companies extracts from your messages. Only usage I could see is if you want to use a matrix bridge that only works with RCS, like Beeper (since Apple does not enjoy users signing in with the iMessage bridge)

Oher than that, I enjoyed RCS messages when I was a Google fanboi and did not care about privacy. It still offers a better "security" than regular SMS, but you chose to deliver your texts to Google

[-] Virkkunen@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

RCS does not go through Google servers. RCS with Google's profile do, which is not the case with Apple as they are using the universal profile.

[-] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

Oh thanks for correcting me

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago

It will go through Google servers if you want to talk to an Android user... If Apple implemented RCS only for its own users there wouldn't be much point to it. 🙂

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

And anything going from Apple to another Apple won't be via RCS.

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