Message delivery between iPhone and Android devices will soon become more secure. this GSMAa developing nonprofit organization Rich communication services Standard, announced Friday, will add interoperable encryption for RCS messaging, allowing end-to-end encryption between different providers.
Both Apple and Google work with GSMA on the agreement. according to edgeboth companies will implement it. “These processes ensure that messages and other content, such as documents, remain confidential and secure when traveling between customers,” GSMA wrote online.
RCS is a messaging protocol that replaces Short Message Service (SMS). It has a lot Same function As iMessage, it includes typing metrics, high-resolution media sharing, and often end-to-end encryption. But when Apple brings RCS messaging Go to iPhone With iOS 18 In September, it lacks encryption for iMessage.
“End-to-end encryption is a strong privacy and security technology that Imagesage has supported since its inception,” an Apple spokesperson told Verge. “We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPados, macOS and WatchOS in future software updates.”
“We have been committed to providing a secure messaging experience, and users’ Google messaging has been end-to-end encryption (E2EE) RCS messaging for years,” a Google spokesperson said in an email to CNET. “We are excited to get this updated specification from GSMA and implement and extend this important user protection to cross-platform RCS messaging as soon as possible with the mobile ecosystem.”
Apple did not immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. It is not clear when the E2EE on the RCS will wear the iPhone.
GSMA said in September it is working to enable End-to-end encryption Between iPhone and Android devices. Then in December, the FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned people About cyber attacks This is for unencrypted messages between iPhone and Android devices.
“Encryption is your friend, both on text messages and having the ability to use encrypted voice communication,” Jeff Greene, executive assistant director of cybersecurity at CISA, told NBC News then.
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