iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send each other encrypted RCS messages

Text messages sent between iPhone and Android devices will take advantage of discount (E2EE) until the end of the GSM Association (E2EE) (Gsma) yesterday New features have been published For rich communication services (RCS) Protocol supporting the E2ee cross platform.

RCS is a long effort to ensure that the SMS style is a cross-platform communication, which has rich properties, readings, writing indicators, recording indicators, read and file sharing – What messaging applications are like as WhatsApp.

While too Android phone manufacturers he had received RCS for yearsApple was the main external until they finally endure with Application of iOS 18 last year. The majority of Core RCS features have been available for the platform messaging since then, E2EE has been missing – so far.

Point of purification

E2EE is a data encryption method that can only provide the sender for unit, and a message recipient can read the buyer. This privacy promises for technical companies is the main sale point because it is sure that users are safe from the secret snooping of users. Offered since Apple E2ee In 2011, iMessage began againOf course, only when working between iOS devices, if he completes WhatsApp E2EE In 2016 (And again, only worked between WhatsApp users).

Google, in turn before Added to E2EE Application of your own messagesHowever, messages encrypt between only different customers, but completely different platforms come with their unique problems. This is where the GSMA is Universal profile Devices include confusion, which provides a standardized specification for consistent, interacting RCS messaging between networks and operators.

Based on the safety of cryptographic messaging layer (Mls) Protocol, New E2EE mechanism RCS Universal Profile 3.0 It is an important part of the interaction, as a result, iPhone and Android users are something that will allow them to communicate safely by the application of their devices.

“This means that the RCs will have the first large-scale messaging service to support the interacting E2EE between the customer application of various providers,” GSMA technical director Tom Van Pelt said statement. “With other unique security features such as SIM-based authentication, the E2ee will provide RCS users with highest privacy and security levels for more powerful protection than scams, fraud and other security and confidential threats.”