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Google Messages just flicked the switch on end-to-end encryption for all RCS and group chats (chromeunboxed.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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cross-posted from: https://kbin.projectsegfau.lt/m/[email protected]/t/26889

Google just announced that all RCS conversations in Messages are now fully end-to-end encrypted, even in group chats. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services and is replacing traditional text and picture messaging, providing you with more dynamic and secure features. With RCS enabled, you can share high-res photos and videos, see typing indicators for your...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is cool and all but one feature I'd love to see is search functionality actually working

[–] painfulasterisk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean the search functionality on the Messages app? If that's the case, it works for me. I just tested the word tornado, it displayed 4 different contacts that I have texted that word. If I click a contact it will send me to where that word is and even highlighted it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah idk there seems to be a time limit on my phone where it won't show search results past a few months, and I've verified that the text in question is in the convo

[–] painfulasterisk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That may be. I don't tend to have years worth of text messages on my phone. When there's something important that I need evidence of, either I take screenshots and email the conversation to myself. I participate on Android betas, which has resulted in several factory resets.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I just like being able to prove people wrong about something they said years earlier

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Update: it randomly started working after I started complaining