Critics are slamming the new iMessage-like feature coming soon to all Android phones for not being secure
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- A new feature called "Chat" will soon be deployed across every Android phone, as it will be automatically turned on within the default "Messages" app.
- Chat is not a Google service, although Google did help make it.
- Chat is based on a new universal standard called "RCS," or "Rich Communication Services," which is designed to supplant SMS. It supports read receipts, full-resolution photos and video, and group texts, among other features.
- Chat did not get an upgrade from SMS in the encryption department. Chat is not end-to-end encrypted, which means it is not as secure as Apple's iMessage, or WhatsApp.
- Critics are calling out Google for not having end-to-end encryption in the default Android app in 2018.
A new feature called "Chat" is coming soon to all Android phones, but from a security standpoint, it's hardly an upgrade from SMS — and it's nowhere as secure as Apple's iMessage or WhatsApp.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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