• Zak@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Messages between two Apple devices are safe, and messages between two Android devices are safe, but messages between an Apple device and and Android device are vulnerable.

    This is not very accurate. Some Android devices come with Google Messages, which will use Google’s encrypted version of RCS if the carrier supports it. People who don’t know what all of that means should not assume their messages are encrypted.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Anyone know if Google Voice is encrypted? I can read copies of my texts online so I’m thinking no. I’ve felt like the service has outlived its usefulness for me and that would be the final straw.

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        10 days ago

        I see no reason to believe that it is.

        I find it useful when outside the USA to be able to communicate with American luddites who refuse to install messaging apps.

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        10 days ago

        Yes it almost certainly is, though how they manage who can decrypt is another story

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              8 days ago

              It sends SMS. not RCS. Does SMS even support any type of encryption? I’m under the impression it doesn’t.

              Edit: I just sent a message from my GV to my regular carrier number and it’s just SMS. Certainly not encrypted.

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        8 days ago

        I just sent a test message from my GV to my normal carrier number. It’s regular old SMS. No, not encrypted.