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The buried lead is that RCS’s encryption will be based on Signal protocol. That seems huge!

I wonder if iMessage will feel compelled to up their game. They were early to the e2e game, for which they have my respect (they had their issues, I know), but will they put work into evolving their system? Or will they be happy being “second best” for default messaging privacy capabilities when privacy is so intricate to their marketing?

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I have been thinking the same thing since the news dropped. Apple has a pretty solid reputation for protecting iPhone users. Will they add RCS support to iMessage, even if it means protecting a competitor's users as well?

Anyway. This means moxie actually did a large part of what he set out to do. 2 billion users will use the signal protocol by default. No extra app install necessary. I have probably been the loudest "federate signal" whiner out there, but I feel rather stupid now.

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