Apple confirms iOS 26.5 Messages app adds RCS end-to-end encryption(9to5mac.com)
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Apple confirms iOS 26.5 Messages app adds RCS end-to-end encryption
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/04/apple-confirms-ios-26-5-messages-app-adds-rcs-end-to-end-encryption/
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Does RCS do proper E2EE?
I remember some chatter about RCS not being as secure when Android started bringing it in.
I remember some chatter about RCS not being as secure when Android started bringing it in.
> Does RCS do proper E2EE?
Yes, only you, your conversation partner and Apple have the key.
Yes, only you, your conversation partner and Apple have the key.
It wasn't. Apple contributed to the standard to improve it!
I mourn the loss of a single cohesive framework to message people in. I hate having to live in 4 or more app specific spaces. Using third party systems like beeper means breaching your key security to have them intermediate.