AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

[Insp_Gadget]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I had a few friends text me while I was used Messages, never recognized anything guess they don't have it..
Letting people know I've read/typing something or vice versa is not that exciting.
I don't use chat or messaging in that form.

The real advantage is getting past the 160 character limit per message and being able to share high-quality images and videos. SMS/MMS sucks for both of those.

 

[almath]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

The real advantage is getting past the 160 character limit per message and being able to share high-quality images and videos. SMS/MMS sucks for both of those.

Oh ok, that's good to know!

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I'm curious if it will offer end to end encryption.

 

[bhatech]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

I'm curious if it will offer end to end encryption.

No I believe Google said it won't.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

No I believe Google said it won't.

Well let's get RCS on the ball and then guess get encryption after.

 

[Insp_Gadget]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

No I believe Google said it won't.

Technically, it's part of the RCS standard (i.e. it could support it), but both Google and the carriers have no interest or incentive to implement it because it would hamper their business models.

 

[bhatech]

Re: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard

Well let's get RCS in the ball and then guess get encryption after.

This is the Google statement to Verge

Although RCS Chat is not (yet) end-to-end encrypted, there is at least one small piece of good news in how Google has implemented it. Rowny says that the company doesn’t keep any of the messages that pass through its servers. “From a data retention point of view, we delete the message from our RCS backend service the moment we deliver it to an end user,” he explains, adding “If we keep it, it’s just to deliver it when that person comes online.”

There is one minor caveat to that data retention. In a later statement, a Google spokesperson said “Files (stickers, GIFs, photos, videos) within messages might be retained for a period of time without user identifiers following delivery to ensure that all recipients can download the file.” I also asked about metadata, which is often a loophole that gets ignored in privacy discussions. Those should be temporary, too: “We temporarily log metadata about the device such as IMSI, phone number, RCS client vendor and version, and timestamps for a limited period of time to provide the service.

More details here

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/17/...-android-texting-carriers-imessage-encryption