"Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.

As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your employer will now be able to read your RCS chats in Google Messages despite end-to-end encryption.”

This applies to work-managed devices and doesn’t affect personal devices. And in certain regulated industries it just adds RCS archiving to existing SMS archiving. But employees in regular organizations view texting as different to emailing, especially given the expectations around end-to-end encryption. That’s no longer the case.

This underlines the widespread misunderstanding of end-to-end encryption. The security protects your messages when they’re being sent, but once they’re on your phone, they’re decrypted and available to anyone controlling the device."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/11/30/google-starts-sharing-all-your-text-messages-with-your-employer/

#Google #GoogleMessages #Android #Privacy #DataProtection #Surveillance

The Standard (Hong Kong): Singapore orders Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms . “Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation’s Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple’s iMessage […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/27/the-standard-singapore-orders-apple-google-to-prevent-government-spoofing-on-messaging-platforms/

Does anyone know how to completely disable the Nano Banana Remix button for images in stock Google Messages?

#GoogleMessages #NanoBanana #GoogleMessagesRemix #NoAI

What messengers are you using?

#messenger #messages #messaging #E2EE #encrypted #encryption #Matrix #Signal #Whatsapp #Telegram #iMessage #GoogleMessages #FacebookMessenger

Singapore orders apple, google to stop government spoofing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1407107/singapore-orders-apple-google-to-stop-government-spoofing/

Hey #GoogleMessages users (especially on #TeamPixel)! Check for updates. Google looks to have shadow-dropped @mentions today.

It overrides mutes, too. The app is starting to feel fully complete. Honestly, what else could this #Android app even add? What features are you still waiting for?

#Tech

Google Messages führt @-Erwähnungen ein: So funktioniert die neue RCS-Funktion für Gruppenchats
https://www.schmidtisblog.de/google-messages-fuehrt-erwaehnungen-ein-so-funktioniert-die-neue-rcs-funktion-fuer-gruppenchats-1787550/

#GoogleMessages