Pretty Simple PrivacyiOS 26.5 brings E2EE to iPhone–Android RCS texts for the first time — but metadata stays exposed, and Google limits it to Google Messages only.
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Will still recommend using Signal, XMPP, SimpleX, Matrix or any other encrypted chat service than trusting Google or Apple. (Haven’t watched the video yet but I’m pretty sure most privacy advocates will agree with me)
Still, it’s good that we’re raising the baseline of iOS to Android communication. Even if it’s only by a little.