Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoSignal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you – a cybersecurity expert on what to look for in a secure messaging apptheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down119
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minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down2·3 months agoActually RCS has encryption in the new spec now, and we could see encrypted RCS messages implemented on iOS and Android within a year. But even so, use Signal.
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minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoSeeing as RCS with encryption based on the MLS standard hasnt been deployed yet, can you show exactly what metadata is leaking?
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoWell, instead of leaking metadata to Signal, AWS, Cloudflare, Google/Apple and your ISP, like Signal does, RCS only leaks it to your ISP /s
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minus-squareBakedCatboy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI think they mean that it’ll take time for everyone to get it. My carrier still doesn’t even have RCS at all.
Actually RCS has encryption in the new spec now, and we could see encrypted RCS messages implemented on iOS and Android within a year.
But even so, use Signal.
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Seeing as RCS with encryption based on the MLS standard hasnt been deployed yet, can you show exactly what metadata is leaking?
Well, instead of leaking metadata to Signal, AWS, Cloudflare, Google/Apple and your ISP, like Signal does, RCS only leaks it to your ISP /s
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I think they mean that it’ll take time for everyone to get it. My carrier still doesn’t even have RCS at all.