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RCS texts on the iPhone aren’t encrypted now, but that could change
Texts between Android and iPhone could get another big upgrade.
The GSM Association, the organization that develops the RCS standard, said on Tuesday it’s working to enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on messages sent between Android and iPhone. While the change doesn’t get rid of the green bubbles, it will finally allow cross-platform users to share high-res media, as well as see read receipts and typing indicators. “We believe that E2EE is a critical component of secure messaging, and we have been working with the broader ecosystem to bring cross-platform E2EE to RCS chats as soon as possible,” Elmar Weber, a general manager at Google, said on LinkedIn.
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