As an aside, it's terrifying that our texts can just be read and mass processed like this.
I'm sure, in the general sense, this information isn't used for evil. But certainly I think it can be, like those Ring Doorbell employees who used their access to stalk their victims.
The case for secure messaging services only grows stronger, even for the innocent.
I'm sure, in the general sense, this information isn't used for evil.
Maybe. I do know there have been cases of people bribing lower tier support in wireless providers to do SIM swapping. I don't know how often this occurs or how often they get caught. Things are logged but someone would have to know to look at the logs. I've also heard that employee churn is high in support so they might be long gone by the time anyone looks.
The “E2EE marketing” around RCS applies solely to messages sent between Google Android devices on both sides. Otherwise, RCS is plain text like SMS. The carrier can read it all. This includes Apple’s implementation.