On 4/12/24 09:11, epp wrote:
On Friday 12 April 2024 08:19:35 AM (-04:00), jbk wrote:
> I've just updated to a new phone and it enabled a new
messaging protocol
RCS stating that is encrypted and more secure than the
other messaging
protocols. This is on an Android based phone. Is this
added level of
security really necessary for the average user sending
text over the
providers data stream, no wifi involved.
This has a good explanation of it. It's been around a
while. RCS requires a
mobile data connection to use, where SMS uses a voice-only
cellular
connection.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-is-rcs-messaging/
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OK, that explanation was most helpful. The encryption only
kicks in if the recipient also is using googles flavor of
the messaging application and it falls back to sms if there
is no carrier data.
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Jim KR
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