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Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage::iMessage serves should be regulated under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google and a group of major European telcos has told the European Commission.

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[–] Drunemeton 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services

So any RCS w/ Encryption that you see is referring to Google’s implementation that only runs on Google servers.

[–] Kbobabob -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So their implementation is RCS standards with an added encryption layer. What's the issue?

[–] Drunemeton 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have no dog in this race.

That being said, I guess it’s that it belongs to Google, is therefore propriety, and they have a less than stellar record with honoring privacy and/or keeping projects going.

Add on that telecoms didn’t want RCS to have encryption, which is why the default standard doesn’t have it, and you have a clusterfuck of privacy concerns, longevity concerns, and licensing concerns.

Then there’s the abuse factor: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/1/23150243/google-rcs-ads-india-spam-verified-business

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 1 year ago

So, then the argument here is to just use standard RCS without encryption?