The rich communication standard (RCS) now supports end-to-end encryption at the protocol level. The GSMA Industries Association announced on Friday. Part of the latest RCS specification (RCS Universal Profile 3.0) is also an end-to-end encryption that depends on the messaging layer security protocol (MLS) as a cryptography standard.
It enables safe and confidential shipping of text messages and files among customers on various platforms, GSMA explainedRCS is also the first major message service that enables “inter -oprable and-to-end encryption” among customers of various providers.
Apple iOS promises supports through updates
Apple announced in parallel to support it with “future software updates” in its operating system iOS, iPados, Macos and Watches. The company is pleased to join the RCS specification, which is as part of the industry-wide initiative at the beginning of End-to-end encryption, Emple insisted in a statement. Like The Verge compared to US media,
When the implementation is exactly and how the RCS messages are encrypted in the Apple news app, it remains open for this time. Unlike blue iMessages (with end-to-end encryption), unsafe RCS messages are still green as well.
According to the developers report in the latest beta of iOS 18.4, there is no support for this. Google messages have been pre-installed on many Android devices, which supports end-to-end encryption, but not only in communication between two Google messages-and not in platforms between iOS and Android.
Apple did not want to know about RCS for a long time
Apple’s iOS has supported the exchange of only RCS messages since the latest version 18. The manufacturer had clearly refused to integrate the standard over the years, but was suddenly accepted by the European Union Commission before taking its decision whether IMESSAGE is a central platform service and should be regulated accordingly. In the previous year, the Commission finally ruled that IMESSAGE was not a gatekeeper service. Accordingly, IMESSAGE does not require to meet interoperability requirements.
(Lbe)
