RCS

Apple Just Fixed iPhone-to-Android Texting — But There’s a Catch

Apple Finally Fixes One of Texting’s Biggest Security Problems

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Apple and Google are finally bringing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging to iPhone and Android chats. In this episode, Tom Eston and Kevin Tackett explain why that matters, why insecure SMS is not ...
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E2EE is MIA in iPhone/Android Chat — GSMA Gonna Fix it

| | android, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple iPhone, china, E2EE, end-to-end, end-to-end encryption, google, Great Firewall of China, GSMA, iChat, imessage, ios, iOS 18, iPhone, iphone security, MLS, RCS, RCS protocol, SB Blogwatch, SMS, SMS messages
No More Barf-Green Bubbles? GSM Association is “excited” to bring Apple and Google closer together, but encryption is still lacking ...
Security Boulevard
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Apple Smashes Ban Hammer on Beeper iMessage Users

| | android, Apple, Beeper, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Eric Migicovsky, imessage, Privacy, RCS, SB Blogwatch, secure messaging
Empire strikes back: It was only a matter of time. But is this what Eric wanted all along? ...
Security Boulevard
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Apple Bops Beeper, but iMessage Android Whac-A-Mole Ensues

| | android, Apple, Beeper, E2EE, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Eric Migicovsky, imessage, Privacy, RCS, SB Blogwatch, secure messaging
A new hope: Beeper’s reverse engineered iMessage integration, once killed by Tim’s crew, rises phœnix like ...
Security Boulevard
Apple Finally Adopts RCS, AI Powered Scams Targeting the Elderly

Apple Finally Adopts RCS, AI Powered Scams Targeting the Elderly

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In this episode, Tom shows off AI generated images of a “Lonely and Sad Security Awareness Manager in a Dog Pound” and the humorous outcomes. The conversation shifts to Apple’s upcoming support ...
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