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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Blue texts are sent using proprietary encryption. Green texts are standard SMS/MMS protocol. Apple has pressed GSM to include encrypted RCS for SMS/MMS. The government is not a fan. She can be upset, but there’s no reason for Apple to give away proprietary encryption software or foot the server cost for transmission.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

First of all proprietary encryption is BS which should be equated to obfuscation instead of encryption.

Second, I think I've addressed this:

but their ads etc have pretty consistent emotional messages. Yes, they do endorse it.