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- technology@lemmy.world
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In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users.
Apple’s decision comes amid pressure from regulators and competitors like Google and Samsung. It also comes as RCS has continued to develop and become a more mature platform than it once was.
They could throw a couple lawsuits at them for acting as a literal man in the middle (as in, man in the middle attack), decrypting iMessages and passing them to Android. That definitely adds a massive security issue too clueless iMessage users.