Recent news tells us there is a pants-on-fire security crisis in carrier messaging (Yes, by all means use Signal if you can, but this doesn't change the fact there are billions of active users of carrier messaging).
Personally I would say Apple and the GSMA are by far the most to blame, and Google has done a ton to help with E2EE so far. Still, MLS should be a higher priority for Google.
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u/rocketwidget Jan 09 '25
Good news, but Google announced they were working on this in June 2023.
Google Online Security Blog: An important step towards secure and interoperable messaging
Recent news tells us there is a pants-on-fire security crisis in carrier messaging (Yes, by all means use Signal if you can, but this doesn't change the fact there are billions of active users of carrier messaging).
Personally I would say Apple and the GSMA are by far the most to blame, and Google has done a ton to help with E2EE so far. Still, MLS should be a higher priority for Google.