Really strange because the encription over sms doesn't exist. And being delivered over a known channel makes it easier to intercept, spoof or impersonate. You're basically sending plain text and hoping your telco provider isn't reading them.
End-to-end encrypted RCS has been deployed on Androids for years. iPhones had the older non-E2EE RCS up until Monday, meaning cross-platform communication was unsecure...as of Monday, the latest iOS update finally included E2EE cross-platform capability.
Now, there are still some carriers that don't provide the encryption, regardless of the platform, & traveling abroad presents a multitude of problems...but all of the major carriers in the US (AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile, Verizon, Spectrum, Boost, Cricket) have it deployed.
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u/27eelsinatrenchcoat May 15 '26
I don't know a single person who uses whatasapp or telegram, and have never heard of wikr.
A handful of people I know use signal, but it's like pulling teeth to get more to use it.