When end-to-end encryption becomes a standard feature of RCS messaging (the successor to SMS), encryption opponents will have to face the reality that we have recognized all along: weakening security is NOT a viable way to tackle online child exploitation. https://t.co/8E2O5eos8i

— Prostasia Foundation (@ProstasiaInc) May 23, 2020

Automatically upgrading SMS conversations to end-to-end encrypted RCS messages would actually be a big win for users. And one for which RCS doesn't have to be a huge success in itself (or even a "Whatsapp competitor") https://t.co/XYdudcnHbJ

— Andreas Proschofsky (@suka_hiroaki) May 24, 2020

If your stock #Android messaging app came with end to end #encryption, why would you need another service? This could see an end to the dominance of the likes of #WhatsApp, but needs #Apple on board or an iOS app. https://t.co/zIQr4dWeJr

— Andy Watt (@Andy_Watt) May 23, 2020

My biggest complaint with RCS has been the lack of E2EE; https://t.co/CsWLuUTUHa

— Evan Sims (@evansims) May 23, 2020

I can't wait to use RCS in 10 years when it finally rolls out in HK! https://t.co/wQmg4h05GK

— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) May 24, 2020

Very good news.

(Now all I have to do is get all my friends and family to switch to Android and then download Android Messages and make sure it’s their default messaging app and then opt in to the RCS chat option when it appears...) https://t.co/vnJLNOhvkz

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) May 24, 2020

RCS End-to-End Encryption Hinted at in Internal Google Messages Build.https://t.co/mJiFCMpLiP

— Droid Life (@droid_life) May 24, 2020