Keeping your chats secure is a good idea, but end-to-end encryption is just the beginning of the list of options to consider when picking a messaging app.
  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    Seeing as RCS with encryption based on the MLS standard hasnt been deployed yet, can you show exactly what metadata is leaking?

    • poVoq@slrpnk.net
      2·
      3 months ago

      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

    • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 months ago

      MLS only deals with encryption and key management, which is great but that’s been a “solved” problem since TextSecure (now Signal) introduced the TextSecure Protocol (now the Signal Protocol) in 2013.

      What I’m aware is missing with RCS / MLS compared to Signal (someone with more recent knowledge please correct me):

      • Sealed sender so only the recipient knows who sent the message.
      • Not storing metadata or logs.
      • No built in crash reports.
      • Private contact discovery.
      • Published government requests providing evidence that they don’t have any data.
      • Open source client.
      • Looking at the Google Play store, Google’s Messenger shares precise location data with third parties, Signal doesn’t.
      • Also on the Google Play store, Google’s Messenger app list a lot of data collected. Signal only lists phone number.