Dear members of the FSFE discussion list, Please allow me to share a concern of mine. A business initiative of Google, supported by Apple, is Rich Communication Services (RCS), an open standard to replace SMS [1] [2] [3]. Questions that I have: - Would it be a smart and wise decision to let a non-European business take control over replacing SMS? - Would it be a smart and wise decision to break SMS as a general accessible service? - What would consequences be for Free Software, the privacy and consumer rights of us Europeans, and the environment?
Best regards, -- André Ockers Member, Free Software Foundation Europe discussion list Blog (Dutch) | http://o7s.eu Blog (English) | http://en.o7s.eu Diaspora | https://diasp.eu/i/bf035797fa6c Mastodon | https://hostsharing.coop/@ao GnuPG public key | 0xE5A985A4D29A2E80 Steun de FSFE en bescherm uw vrijheid! | https://my.fsfe.org/donate [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services [2] https://www.heise.de/news/Google-gibt-nicht-auf-RCS-Messenger-mit-neuen-Funktionen-und-neuem-Icon-7315887.html [German] [3] https://www.security.nl/posting/820331/Google%3A+SMS-vervanger+RCS+bij+ %C3%A9%C3%A9n+miljard+Androidgebruikers+ingeschakeld [Dutch]
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