From Ars Technica: "Google has announced that end-to-end encryption is rolling out to users of Google Messages, Android’s default SMS and RCS app. The feature has been in testing for months, and now it’s coming to everyone.
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I’m assuming it’s gonna follow the same principle of Whatsapp which is: introduce more people to E2EE but still farm the metadata like Big Tech does.
Overall, I’d say this is a good thing, but far from perfect.
Is it libre?
Despite the reference to “Android’s default SMS app” this is in fact referring to the proprietary Google message app (
com.google.android.apps.messaging) and not the AOSP messaging app (com.android.messaging)It’s Google…
Android? Chromium? Their new desktop OS?
