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Google takes first major step: E2EE interoperability across all messaging apps

The Google Messages app now features some early signs of work towards supporting Messaging Layer Security (MLS) for group E2EE chats.

An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. Developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the big problem MLS attempts to solve is E2EE group messaging. Further strings present in the app show preparations towards making MLS the default security layer for messaging.

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