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iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send encrypted RCS messages to each other


Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association ( GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich Communication Services ( RCS) protocol that include support for cross-platform E2EE. “That means that RCS will be the first large-scale messaging service to support interoperable E2EE between client implementations from different providers,” GSMA technical director Tom Van Pelt said in a statement. Prior to joining TechCrunch in June 2022, Paul had gained more than a decade’s experience covering consumer and enterprise technologies for The Next Web (now owned by the Financial Times) and VentureBeat.

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