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12-16-2024, 07:38 AM
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Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has said that it’s working on bringing end-to-end encryption to different messaging platforms that support the RCS protocol.
Unfortunately, the industry body did not share a specific timeline and said that it will update the market in a few months.
That means RCS texting between Apple and Android devices will continue to remain vulnerable for an unforeseeable period of time.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently warned (https://www.androidauthority.com/fbi-encrypted-chat-apps-salt-typhoon-3505548/) Apple and Android users to stop texting each other using the RCS (https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-rcs-messaging-726687/) protocol because of a massive telecommunication breach by hacking group Salt Typhoon. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI, Salt Typhoon was responsible for compromising major carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, in what is being considered one of the largest infrastructure attacks in US history. Following the breach, which mostly affected high-value government officials, CISA and the FBI have issued a wide public interest advisory for US citizens to use chat apps that offer end-to-end encryption (https://www.androidauthority.com/encryption-1180840/).
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-apple-rcs-end-to-end-encryption-status-3509171/)
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has said that it’s working on bringing end-to-end encryption to different messaging platforms that support the RCS protocol.
Unfortunately, the industry body did not share a specific timeline and said that it will update the market in a few months.
That means RCS texting between Apple and Android devices will continue to remain vulnerable for an unforeseeable period of time.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently warned (https://www.androidauthority.com/fbi-encrypted-chat-apps-salt-typhoon-3505548/) Apple and Android users to stop texting each other using the RCS (https://www.androidauthority.com/what-is-rcs-messaging-726687/) protocol because of a massive telecommunication breach by hacking group Salt Typhoon. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI, Salt Typhoon was responsible for compromising major carriers, including AT&T and Verizon, in what is being considered one of the largest infrastructure attacks in US history. Following the breach, which mostly affected high-value government officials, CISA and the FBI have issued a wide public interest advisory for US citizens to use chat apps that offer end-to-end encryption (https://www.androidauthority.com/encryption-1180840/).
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/android-apple-rcs-end-to-end-encryption-status-3509171/)