Various Apple statements on the matter, I’ll link to the r/UniversalProfile post celebrating it. (As it turns out, the post did not actually say anything about E2EE. It’s a statement that’s been shared on several different tabloids though.)
It’s the most logical approach to achieve interoperability because, while Google RCS already supports E2EE, it is pretty much the antipode of interoperability: only Google and Samsung are allowed true access to gRCS’s APIs. Apple being additionally granted access would effectively establish a messaging duopoly, as there would be no reason to use anything other than Google Messages and iMessage. There’s a reason why these APIs don’t exist in the AOSP.
I couldn’t find a non-tabloid source or a direct link to an Apple statement in the moment, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to do it. It’s already been reported by the media as “stated-by-Apple”, and if that’s not the case I’m sure Apple will gladly rectify things themselves.
Various Apple statements on the matter,
I’ll link to the r/UniversalProfile post celebrating it.(As it turns out, the post did not actually say anything about E2EE. It’s a statement that’s been shared on several different tabloids though.)It’s the most logical approach to achieve interoperability because, while Google RCS already supports E2EE, it is pretty much the antipode of interoperability: only Google and Samsung are allowed true access to gRCS’s APIs. Apple being additionally granted access would effectively establish a messaging duopoly, as there would be no reason to use anything other than Google Messages and iMessage. There’s a reason why these APIs don’t exist in the AOSP.
Yeah, I didn’t think they said E2EE. Just RCS to be able to say, “we did it!”
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/16/apples-flavor-of-rcs-wont-support-googles-end-to-end-encryption-extension/amp/
I couldn’t find a non-tabloid source or a direct link to an Apple statement in the moment, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to do it. It’s already been reported by the media as “stated-by-Apple”, and if that’s not the case I’m sure Apple will gladly rectify things themselves.