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Apple iMessage Soundly Beaten As Powerful New Update Suddenly Leaks
(www.forbes.com)
Well that’s a slanted article.
it seems that when Apple brings RCS to iPhone, it will focus on the wrapper and ignore the sweetie. Typing indicators and haptic responses—yes. Cross-platform end-to-end encryption—not so much.
Except… RCS IS the wrapper. End-to-end encryption isn’t part of the RCS standard; it’s a proprietary Google extension, hosted on Google services.
Confidentiality Integrity Availability